prep_detrend: Detrending constructor for spectral preprocessing

In proximetricsR: Spectral Preprocessing and Chemometric Calibration of NIR Sensors

Detrending constructor for spectral preprocessing

Description

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Creates a preprocessing constructor for detrending spectral data. The constructor is intended to be passed to preprocess_recipe and executed via process.

Usage

prep_detrend(p = 2)

Arguments

p	A positive integer specifying the polynomial order used for fitting. Must be >= 1. Default is 2.

Details

For each spectrum, a polynomial of order p is fitted using the column wavelengths as the explanatory variable (or integer indices if column names are not numeric). The residuals from this fit are returned as the detrended spectrum, removing wavelength-dependent baseline effects.

This constructor always performs pure polynomial detrending without a prior SNV transformation. Users who want the full Barnes et al. (1989) procedure (SNV followed by detrending) should chain prep_snv before prep_detrend in their recipe.

The computation is delegated to detrend with snv = FALSE.

Value

An object of class preprocessing to be used in preprocess_recipe and executed by process.

Author(s)

Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez

References

Barnes RJ, Dhanoa MS, Lister SJ. 1989. Standard normal variate transformation and de-trending of near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectra. Applied Spectroscopy, 43(5): 772-777.

See Also

prep_snv, preprocess_recipe, process

Examples

data("proximateCannabis")
X <- proximateCannabis$spc

# Pure polynomial detrend
dt <- prep_detrend(p = 2)
recipe <- preprocess_recipe(dt, device = "unspecified")
X_dt <- process(X, recipe)

# Barnes et al. (1989): SNV followed by detrend
recipe_barnes <- preprocess_recipe(
  prep_snv(), prep_detrend(p = 2),
  device = "unspecified"
)
X_barnes <- process(X, recipe_barnes)

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