Improved accuracy in quantitative laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using sub-models
Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy
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Abstract
Accurate quantitative analysis of diverse geologic materials is one of the primary challenges faced by the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)-based ChemCam instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover. The SuperCam instrument on the Mars 2020 rover, as well as other LIBS instruments developed for geochemical analysis on Earth or other planets, will face the same challenge. Consequently, part of the ChemCam science team has focused on the development of improved multivariate analysis calibrations methods. Developing a single regression model capable of accurately determining the composition of very different target materials is difficult because the response of an element’s emission lines in LIBS spectra can vary with the concentration of other elements. We demonstrate a conceptually simple “sub-model” method for improving the accuracy of quantitative LIBS analysis of diverse target materials. The method is based on training several regression models on sets of targets with limited composition ranges and then “blending” these “sub-models” into a single final result. Tests of the sub-model method show improvement in test set root mean squared error of prediction (RMSEP) for almost all cases. The sub-model method, using partial least squares regression (PLS), is being used as part of the current ChemCam quantitative calibration, but the sub-model method is applicable to any multivariate regression method and may yield similar improvements.
Suggested Citation
Anderson, R.B., Clegg, S.M., Frydenvang, J., Wiens, R.C., McLennan, S.M., Morris, R., Ehlmann, B.L., and Dyar, M., 2017, Improved accuracy in quantitative laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using sub-models: Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, v. 129, p. 49-57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.12.002.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Improved accuracy in quantitative laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using sub-models |
| Series title | Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.sab.2016.12.002 |
| Volume | 129 |
| Year Published | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publisher location | Amsterdam |
| Contributing office(s) | Astrogeology Science Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 49 |
| Last page | 57 |