| RP-LC | Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography |
| API | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient |
| KPSS | Key Predictive Sample Set |
| QSRR | Quantitative Structure Retention Relationship |
| R | Correlation Coefficient |
| ES | Evolutionary Search |
| MLR | Multiple Linear Regression |
| RMSE | Root Mean Square Error |
| SVM | Support Vector Machine |
| GPR | Gaussian Processes Regression |
| RF | Random Forest |
| PLS | Partial Least Squares |
| RtModelEXP | Retention model built from experimental retention times |
| RtModelQSRR | Retention model built from QSRR predicted retention times |
| RC | Resolution Coefficient |
| Rslimit | Minimal satisfactory resolution between two components |
| Rsi,j | Actual chromatographic resolution between two components in the mixture |