In this paper, two different approaches are studied for the standardization of near-infrared spectrometric instruments. The first is a simple method based on a univariate slope/bias correction of the predicted values. The second approach proposed is the much more sophisticated piecewise direct standardization (PDS) based on a multivariate correction of spectra. Both standardization methods are applied to three different data sets, and the results obtained are compared. In certain cases, the simple slope/bias correction approach yields results at least as good as those obtained by the PDS procedure. In other cases, the complex PDS procedure is required to obtain acceptable results. A diagnostic tool is developed in order to decide whether the simple slope/bias correction approach can be applied instead of PDS.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.