Disscussion of the consequences of the use of PLS-methods in preclinical and pharmaceutical research



Tomas Morsing
Astra Hässle AB
Dietrich von Rosen
Uppsala University
Rolf Sundberg
Stockholm University


Abstract

We will present three application areas where Partial Least Square (PLS) and similar regression methods are oftenly used by chemists, namely multivariate calibration, QSAR quantitative structural activety relationship and as a method of fittning response surfaces to designed data. During this session we will briefly present these methods and what is theoretically known about them. In the context of these application areas we will discuss the pros and cons of using these methods.