Introduction to PLS_Toolbox and Solo

Course Description

PLS_Toolbox and Solo include many tools for machine learning and chemometrics. But how do you access them? This course focuses on getting started including the general layout and navigation within the interfaces. Importing data is discussed, along with the organization of many of the main Analysis interfaces.

Prerequisites

None.

Course Outline

1. Introduction
   1. What is MATLAB?
   2. What is PLS_Toolbox?
   3. What is Solo?
   4. Differences between PLS_Toolbox and Solo
2. Organization
   1. MATLAB and toolboxes
   2. EVRI Products
3. The Workspace and Browser
   1. Interface organization-3 panels
   2. Methods
   3. Data
   4. Model Cache
4. Saving, clearing and importing data
5. DataSet Object (DSO)
   1. Creating DSOs
   2. Adding axes
   3. Working with classes
   4. Other features
6. Making plots with PlotGUI
   1. Basic plots
   2. Showing classes
   3. Selecting data
7. Analysis interface
   1. Data flow diagram
   2. Loading data
8. Model Cache