Width-Enhanced Binary Representation for Library Searching of Vapor Phase Infrared Spectra

Autor: Michael F. Delaney, F. Vincent Warren
Rok vydání: 1983
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Zdroj: Applied Spectroscopy. 37:172-181
ISSN: 1943-3530
0003-7028
DOI: 10.1366/0003702834634000
Popis: A method is presented for the representation of vapor phase infrared spectra in a binary format which preserves both width and position information about each peak. Preselection of an optimally width-enhanced library of binary spectra, in advance of any actual library searching, is approached through the application of information theory and Grotch's method for prediction of matching histograms. A direct comparison of library searching results is conducted to complement the preselection efforts. The applicability of a channel-combination approach based on information theory is demonstrated. By this method, adequate library searching is achieved after a 25-fold reduction in the number of channels needed to describe each vapor phase infrared spectrum.
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