Historically, UV detection has been favored in many laboratories for its ease of use, robustness, and reliability. However, some of the inherent challenges include analytes that do not have a response in a UV channel, coelutions, and unknowns, any of which can require an orthogonal approach such as mass detection. While mass detection offers a number of benefits when used in tandem with UV detection, incorporating it into an existing UV workflow can be time-consuming and laborious.
Justin Miller-Schulze and Smith Purdum explain how machine learning and chemometrics can improve fire debris classification in forensic science applications.
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