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      pyMCR: A Python Library for Multivariate Curve Resolution Analysis with Alternating Regression (MCR-AR)

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          pyMCR is a new open-source software library for performing multivariate curve resolution (MCR) analysis with an alternating regression scheme (MCR-AR). MCR is a chemometric method for elucidating measurement signatures of analytes and their relative abundance from a series of mixture measurements, without any knowledge of these values a priori. This software library, written in Python, enables users to perform MCR analysis with their choice of error functions for minimization, constraints, and regressors. Further, users can apply different constraints and regressors for signature and abundance calculations. Finally, this library enables users to develop their own constraints, regressors, and error functions or import them from existing libraries.

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                Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
                J. RES. NATL. INST. STAN.
                National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
                2165-7254
                2019
                June 24 2019
                : 124
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                [1 ]National Institute of Standards and Technology, Material Measurement Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
                Article
                10.6028/jres.124.018
                33b0289a-a9dc-4fd3-aadb-f4222c676ce5
                © 2019
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