Interpretation of Infrared Spectra Using Pattern Recognition Techniques

The pattern recognition technique utilizing adaptive binary pattern classifiers has been applied to the interpretation of infrared spectra. The binary pattern classifiers have been trained to determine the chemical classes of x-y digitized infrared spectra. High predictive abilities have been obtained in classifying unknown spectra. A new training procedure for binary pattern classifiers has been developed, and it has been used to classify ir spectra into chemical classes. Pattern classifiers trained in the conventional way and by the new procedure have been used in conjunction with feature selection, and it is shown that a small fraction of the data is necessary to classify these infrared spectra successfully into chemical classes.