Abstract
A technique for the analysis of multivariate data by
genetic programming (GP) is described, with particular
reference to the quantitative analysis of orange juice
adulteration data collected by pyrolysis mass
spectrometry (PyMS). The dimensionality of the input
space was reduced by ranking variables according to
product moment correlation or mutual information with
the outputs. The GP technique as described gives
predictive errors equivalent to, if not better than,
more widespread methods such as partial least squares
and artificial neural networks but additionally can
provide a means for easing the interpretation of the
correlation between input and output variables. The
described application demonstrates that by using the GP
method for analyzing PyMS data the adulteration of
orange juice with 10% sucrose solution can be
quantified reliably over a 0-20% range with an RMS
error in the estimate of ? 1%.
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