Part 1 Introduction/background: historical development, Donald A. Burns and Marvin Margoshes; principles of near-infrared spectroscopy, Emil W. Ciurczak; theory of diffuse reflectance in the NIR region, Jill M. Olinger and Peter R. Griffiths. Part 2 Instrumentation and computerization: commercial NIR instrumentation, Jerome J. Workman, Jr and Donald A. Burns; process analysis, Gabor J. Kemeny; data analysis - multilinear regression and principle component analysis, Howard Mark; data analysis - calibration of NIR instruments by PLS regression, Hans-Rene Bjorsvik and Harald Martens; analysis using Fourier transforms, W. Fred McClure. Part 3 Methods development: NIR surface-enhanced Raman spectrosocpy - new developments and applications, S. Michael Angel and M.L. Myrick; NIR spectroscopy calibration basics, Jerome J. Workman, Jr; samples, sample preparation, and sample selection, Philip C. Williams; indicator variables - how they may save time and money in NIR analysis, Donald A. Burns; qualitative discriminant analysis, Howard Mark; spectral reconstruction, William R. Hruschka. Part 4 Applications: application of NIR spectrosocpy to agricultural products, John S. Shenk, et al; tobacco analysis by NIR spectrosopy, John T. Diffee; NIR analysis of wool, Michael J. Hammersley; NIR analysis for textiles, Subhas Ghosh and James Rodgers; NIR analysis of baked products, B.G. Osborne; NIR analysis of pharmaceuticals, Emil W. Ciurczak; NIR analysis of polymers, Cynthia Kradjel and Lawrence McDermott; NIR analysis of dairy products, Rob Frankhuizen; NIR analysis of petrochemicals, Bruce Buchanan; application for NIR analysis of beverages, Lana R. Kington and Rom M. Jones; FT/IT vs NIR - a study with lignocellulose, Donald A. Burns and Tor P. Schultz.
