Optimizer Baselines
Introduction
Optimizer algorithms build upon other baseline algorithms to improve their results.
Algorithms
optimize_extended_range
The optimize_extended_range()
function is based on the Extended Range
Penalized Least Squares (erPLS) method,
but extends its usage to all Whittaker-smoothing-based, polynomial, and spline algorithms.
In this algorithm, a linear baseline is extrapolated from the left and/or right edges, Gaussian peaks are added to these baselines, and then the original data plus the extensions are input into the indicated Whittaker or polynomial function. An example of data with added baseline and Gaussian peaks is shown below.

A range of lam
or poly_order
values are tested, and the value that best fits the
added linear regions is selected as the optimal parameter.

collab_pls (Collaborative Penalized Least Squares)
collab_pls()
is intended for fitting multiple datasets of related data,
and can use any Whittaker-smoothing-based or spline method. The general idea is that using
multiple sets of data should be better able to estimate the overall baseline rather
than individually fitting each set of data.
There are two ways the collab_pls function can fit datasets. The dataset can be averaged and then fit once with the selected method, and then the output weights are used to individually fit each set of data. The other method individually fits each set of data, averages the weighting, and then uses the averaged weights to individually fit each set of data. The figure below shows the comparison of the baselines fit by the collab_pls algorithm versus the individual baselines from the mpls method.

There is no figure showing the fits for various baseline types for this method since it requires multiple sets of data for each baseline type.
adaptive_minmax (Adaptive MinMax)
adaptive_minmax()
uses two different polynomial orders and two different
weighting schemes to create a total of four fits. The polynomial order(s) can be
specified by the user, or else they will be estimated by the signal-to-noise
ratio of the data. The first weighting scheme is either all points weighted
equally or using user-specified weights. The second weighting scheme places
a much higher weight on points near the two ends of the data to provide better
fits in certain circumstances.
Each of the four fits uses thresholding (the "min" part of the name) to estimate the baseline. The final baseline is then computed as the element-wise maximum of the four fits (the "max" part of the name).

custom_bc (Customized Baseline Correction)
custom_bc()
allows fine tuning the stiffness of the
baseline within different regions of the fit data, which is helpful when
experimental data has drastically different baselines within it. This is done by
reducing the number of data points in regions where higher stiffness
is required. There is no figure showing the fits for various baseline types for
this method since it is more suited for hard-to-fit data; however, an
example showcases its use.