| GA | Genetic algorithm |
| GC | Gas−chromatography |
| GLC | Gas−liquid chromatography |
| QSRR | Quantitative structure−retention relationship |
| QSA(P)R | Quantitative structure−activity(property) relationship |
| MLR | Multilinear regression |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| SDEC | Standard deviation of the error in calibration |
| SDEP | Standard deviation of the error in prediction |