Release notes for CuBatch 2.0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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   - MINIMUM SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
   - SUGGESTED CONFIGURATION
   - FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
   - KNOWN PROBLEMS
   - CONTACTS
    
MINIMUM SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
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   o MatLab 5.3
   o N-way toolbox 2.01  (included in CuBatch)
   o Netscape 4.7/IE 5.0 (for the help)
    
SUGGESTED CONFIGURATION:
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   o MatLab 6.5
   o NetScape 6.1/IE 6.0

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS:
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   - General
     o Homogenisation of the menus for the different models
     o Development of more statistical tools based on the implemented resampling methods. E.g.
       use of jack-knifing/bootstrapping for defining confidence intervals for the D and the Q
       statistic, Standard Error for the model's parameters,...
     o Display and saving of pretreated data
     o Implementation in the CBDataSet object of the Batch length and names features now
       implemented only in CuBatch via the userdata and description fields
     
   - Supported models
     o PARAFAC
       + Core consistency
       + Mixed modes plots 
       + Bi-plots
       + Correction of bug in D-contributions in presence of missing values
       + ...

     o PARAFAC2
       + Activation of Sample/Batch user selection
       + Activation of Variable user selection
       + Activation of mixed modes
       + ...
       
     o (n)PLS1
       + Post-processing for "rotating" the replicates of resampling methods for graphical as 
         well as statistical comparison
       + Correction of bug in D-contributions in presence of missing values
       + ...
   
   - New models
     o PARAFAC-IV
     o Tucker2
     o nPLS2
     o ...

KNOWN PROBLEMS:
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   - Program

   - Help
      o When using NetScape 7.0 as default browser and MatLab 6.5, the help menus may not work
        adequately. The problem is connected to the interface between MatLab and NetScape
      o If one uses NetScape 4.7 some figures may be misplaced in the user-help
      
CONTACTS:
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Christophe Durville 
TOTALFINAELF (CReS) 
Université Marne-La-Vallée 
France 
E-mail: cdurpp@ifrance.com 

Sébastien Gourvénec 
ChemoAC, V.U.B., Laarbeeklaan 103, 
B-1090 Brussel 
Belgium 
E-mail: sebastien.gourvenec@vub.ac.be 

Giorgio Tomasi 
Royal Agricultural and Veterinary University 
MLI, LMT, Chemometrics group 
Rolighedsvej 30 
DK-1958 Frederiksberg C 
Danmark 
E-Mail: Giorgio Tomasi, gt@kvl.dk 
