Patent ID: 7392142
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G01N,G16C

Abstract:
1. A method to determine which members, individually or in combination, of an Elemental Set of Intermediate Tests are predictive of an Elemental Set of End-Use Test Results, the method comprising: providing an Elemental Set of Samples having at least a first member and a second member; providing an Elemental Set of End-Use Test Results for said Elemental Set of Samples, the Elemental Set of End-Use Tests Results, having at least a first and a second member, such that the first member of said Elemental Set of End-Use Test Results corresponds to said first member of said Elemental Set of Samples and said second member of said Elemental Set of End-Use Tests Results corresponds to said second member of said Elemental Set of Samples, wherein said first member of each set is not the same as the second member of each set; selecting an Elemental Set of Intermediate Tests having a plurality of members; obtaining from said selected Elemental Set of Intermediate Tests, a set of Intermediate Test Results; subjecting the Intermediate Test Results, individually or in combination, to regression analysis to determine which of the members of the Elemental Set of Intermediate Tests is predictive of the Elemental Set of End-Use Test Results for the Elemental Set of Samples; and outputting the members of the Elemental Set of Intermediate Tests from the regression analysis that are predictive of the Elemental Set of End-Use Test Results for the Elemental Set of Samples.