The Software Shootout has been a staple of the IDRC. This page provides access to historical sets of Shootout data, as well as the data set for the next IDRC Software Shootout when it becomes available. There have been a couple of inquiries about using the 2006 data set in publications. Click here to get the official acknowledgment needed to appear in the any publication using the data set. The data for the 2006 IDRC shoot-out session is now available. You can find the instructions and rules for this event by clicking here - 2006 Shootout Rules. The data set is available in many formats. The data can be downloaded by selecting the appropriate link below. These files have been zipped, but they are still quite large! In the MATLAB, NSAS and JCAMP formats,
missing constituent information is indicated by a value of -1 replacing
the missing data. In the Unscrambler format, missing constituent data is
indicated with the normal Unscrambler symbol of lower-case "m" replacing
the missing data.
Additionally, the Unscrambler, JCAMP
and MATLAB formats have the spectral data from 350 to 2500 nm in 1 nm
increments, while the NSAS format has the spectral data from 400 to 2498
nm at 2 nm increments. Please note that the data is in units of Reflectance. NOTE - The units
on the NSAS file indicate absorbance only to allow the Vision software
to read the file. The spectral data is ALL in REFLECTANCE.
Matlab - 62MB Unscrambler - 36MB NSAS - 17MB JCAMP-DX - 35MB Also, the signal to noise ratio information below is provided. The details for this are as follows. The instrument was warmed up for 4 hours. Repeated scans of the white Spectralon reference were collected approximately every 30 seconds. This was repeated for approximately 5 days in a row. The S/N was scaled such that the sum(S/N)^2 = 1. The exact number of repeated scans is not known. S/N data - 200KB in excel format Parameter Description file - 16KB in Excel format NEW! 8/19/2006 - Now that the 2006 conference is complete we have the validation results available for download. This is in Excel - Validation File. For some years
the instructions that originally accompanied some of the data sets are
missing. If
anyone has a copy of a missing set of instructions related to
any of the prior Software Shootouts listed below, please contact Howard Mark at
 .1992 - The first Shootout199419982000 - Using Water/Ethanol mixtures to predict alcohol content of commercial beverages2002 - Designing the Best Possible Calibration Transfer Procedure2004 - Designing the Best Possible Calibration for Mid-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectra
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