| ANN | artificial neural networks; |
| BBN | Bayesian belief network; |
| FIR | far-infrared; |
| FDA | factorial discriminant analysis; |
| FFT | fast Fourier transform; |
| FT | Fourier transform; |
| HCA | hierarchical cluster analysis; |
| HSI | hyperspectral imaging; |
| IR | infrared; |
| k-NN | k-nearest neighbors; |
| LDA | linear discriminant analysis; |
| LW-NIR | long-wave near infrared; |
| MIR | mid-infrared; |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance; |
| MSC | multiplicative scatter correction; |
| NIR | near-infrared; |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal partial least square-discriminant analysis; |
| PCA | principal component analysis; |
| PLS-DA | partial least square-discriminant analysis; |
| PNN | probabilistic neural network; |
| QDA | quadratic factorial analysis; |
| SERS | surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; |
| SG | Savitzky–Golay smoothing; |
| SIMCA | soft independent modelling of class analogy; |
| SNV | standard normal variate; |
| SVM | support vector machine; |
| SW-NIR | short-wave near infrared; |
| UV | ultraviolet; |
| Vis | visible. |