Non-specific physical information: A Chemometric bestseller (DOI: 10.2436/20.2003.01.29) Authors Michele Forina Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche ed Alimentari, Università di Genova. Monica Casale Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche ed Alimentari, Università di Genova. Paolo Oliveri Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche ed Alimentari, Università di Genova. Keywords: Chemometrics, Non-specific physical Information, Validation, Analytical Process, Outliers, Selection of variables. Abstract This lecture, a tribute to Prof. Enric Casassas, Prof. Forina presents in a very didactic way, three important ideas to take into account for all those who are working in chemometrics or use chemometric techniques. The main goal should always be to resolve a real chemistry situation, trying to use tools of known quality and we should not afraid to apply Chemometrics to situations such as non-specific physical information.Keywords: Chemometrics, Non-specific physical Information, Validation, Analytical Process, Outliers, Selection of variables. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Michele Forina, Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche ed Alimentari, Università di Genova. M. Forina. Nascut a Torino (Itàlia), es va llicenciar en Química a la Universitat “La Sapienza” de Roma. Catedràtic de Química Analítica a l’Istituto di Analisi e Tecnologie Farmaceutiche ed Alimentari a la Università di Genova. Un dels impulsors de la Quimiometria a nivell internacional, ha tingut especial influència en el naixement i posterior desenvolupament d’aquesta ciència a Catalunya, i també a la resta de l’estat espanyol, mantenint contactes constants amb tots els grups de treball. Juntament amb el Prof. Enric Casassas va crear (1987) el Colloquium Chimiometricum Mediterraneum, punt de trobada bianual dels investigadors en Quimiometria de parla llatina. És autor de més d’un centenar de treballs, de diversos llibres i del conegut programari “Parvus”, tot un clàssic dins l’àmbit quimiomètric. Ha sigut President de la International Chemometrics Society i membre de l’equip editorial de “Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems” i del “Journal of Food Technology”. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2011-12-27 Issue No. 10 (2011) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Catalan Society of Chemistry (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química.Authors answer to Catalan Society of Chemistry for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.Catalan Society of Chemistry declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.