README.rst

pyMCR: Multivariate Curve Resolution in Python

pyMCR is a small package for performing multivariate curve resolution. Currently, it implements a simple alternating least squares method (i.e., MCR-ALS).

MCR-ALS, in general, is a constrained implementation of alternating least squares (ALS) nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF). Historically, other names were used for MCR as well:

• Self modeling mixture analysis (SMMA)
• Self modeling curve resolution (SMCR)

Available methods:

• Regressors:
  • Ordinary least squares (default)
  • Non-negatively constrained least squares
  • Native support for scikit-learn linear model regressors (e.g., LinearRegression, RidgeRegression, Lasso)
• Constraints
  • Non-negativity
  • Normalization
  • Zero end-points
  • Zero (approx) end-points of cumulative summation (can specify nodes as well)
  • Non-negativity of cumulative summation
  • Compress or cut values above or below a threshold value
  • Replace sum-across-features samples (e.g., 0 concentration) with prescribed target
  • Enforce a plane ("planarize"). E.g., a concenctration image is a plane.
• Error metrics / Loss function
  • Mean-squared error
• Other options
  • Fix known targets (C and/or ST, and let others vary)

What it does do:

• Approximate the concentration and spectral matrices via minimization routines. This is the core the MCR-ALS methods.
• Enable the application of certain constraints in a user-defined order.

What it does not do:

• Estimate the number of components in the sample. This is a bonus feature in some more-advanced MCR-ALS packages.
  • In MATLAB: https://mcrals.wordpress.com/
  • In R: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ALS/index.html

Dependencies

Note: These are the developmental system specs. Older versions of certain packages may work.

• python >= 3.4
  • Tested with 3.4.6, 3.5.4, 3.6.3, 3.6.5
• numpy (1.9.3)
  • Tested with 1.12.1, 1.13.1, 1.13.3, 1.14.3
• scipy (1.0.0)
  • Tested with 1.0.0 and 1.0.1

Known Issues

Installation

Using pip (hard install)

# Only Python 3.* installed
pip install pyMCR

# If you have both Python 2.* and 3.* you may need
pip3 install pyMCR

Using pip (soft install [can update with git])

# Make new directory for pyMCR and enter it
# Clone from github
git clone https://github.com/CCampJr/pyMCR

# Only Python 3.* installed
pip install -e .

# If you have both Python 2.* and 3.* you may need instead
pip3 install -e .

# To update in the future
git pull

Using setuptools

You will need to download the repository or clone the repository with git:

# Make new directory for pyMCR and enter it
# Clone from github
git clone https://github.com/CCampJr/pyMCR

Perform the install:

python setup.py install

Usage

from pymcr.mcr import McrAls
mcrals = McrAls()

# MCR assumes a system of the form: D = CS^T
#
# Data that you will provide (hyperspectral context):
# D [n_pixels, n_frequencies]  # Hyperspectral image unraveled in space (2D)
#
# initial_spectra [n_components, n_frequencies]  ## S^T in the literature
# OR
# initial_conc [n_pixels, n_components]   ## C in the literature

# If you have an initial estimate of the spectra
mcrals.fit(D, ST=initial_spectra)

# Otherwise, if you have an initial estimate of the concentrations
mcrals.fit(D, C=initial_conc)

Examples

Command line and Jupyter notebook examples are provided in the Examples/ folder.

From Examples/Demo.ipynb:

References

• W. H. Lawton and E. A. Sylvestre, "Self Modeling Curve Resolution", Technometrics 13, 617–633 (1971).
• https://mcrals.wordpress.com/theory/
• J. Jaumot, R. Gargallo, A. de Juan, and R. Tauler, "A graphical user-friendly interface for MCR-ALS: a new tool for multivariate curve resolution in MATLAB", Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 76, 101-110 (2005).
• J. Felten, H. Hall, J. Jaumot, R. Tauler, A. de Juan, and A. Gorzsás, "Vibrational spectroscopic image analysis of biological material using multivariate curve resolution–alternating least squares (MCR-ALS)", Nature Protocols 10, 217-240 (2015).

LICENSE

This software was developed by employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the Federal Government. Pursuant to title 17 United States Code Section 105, works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright protection in the United States and are considered to be in the public domain. Permission to freely use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation without fee is hereby granted, provided that this notice and disclaimer of warranty appears in all copies.

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Contact

Charles H Camp Jr: charles.camp@nist.gov

Contributors

• Charles H Camp Jr
• Charles Le Losq (charles.lelosq@anu.edu.au)
• [Shojiro Shibayama](https://github.com/sshojiro)