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Area of Science:

Chemometrics
Analytical Chemistry
Multivariate Data Analysis

Background:

PARAFAC2 is common for chromatographic data but assumes uniform retention time shifts, which is often unrealistic.
Analyzing multi-component samples with varying retention times presents a significant challenge in chromatographic data processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel method for resolving three-way chromatographic data that does not require uniform retention time shifts.
To improve the analysis of multi-component samples by accommodating variable retention time shifts.

Main Methods:

Unfolding the three-way data array into a matrix and establishing a multi-bilinear model.
Introducing the vertex vector sequential projection (VVSP) method for pure variable selection.
Employing an alternating least squares (ALS) procedure for iterative model fitting and refinement.

Main Results:

The proposed method effectively resolves complex chromatographic data without prerequisites on shifting.
VVSP combined with ALS demonstrates fast convergence and accurate estimation of pure variables.
The multi-bilinear model successfully utilizes multi-sample information and accommodates varying retention times.

Conclusions:

The developed method offers a robust alternative to PARAFAC2 for chromatographic data analysis, particularly when retention time shifts are non-uniform.
The approach is flexible, allowing for the incorporation of constraints like non-negativity and unimodality.
Satisfactory results on simulated and real data confirm the method's practical performance and utility.