Multivariate approaches to matching spectra for environmental and forensic purposes

除了加深对这些常用分析方法的理解，并将其扩展到当前的问题之外，该项目的结果将是环境保护局可以使用的程序，以确定漏油来自所谓来源的可能性。这种证据可以提交给法庭，而且比目前的方法更客观。非法药物的识别也将成为可能，包括关于原产国或地区的信息，以及用于提炼药物的地点和工艺。

Apart from an increased understanding of these commonly-used analytical methods, and their extension to current problems, the outcome of the project will be programs that can be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to give the probability that an oil spill comes from an alleged source. This evidence may be laid before a court, and is more objective than present methods. The identification of illegal drugs will also be made possible, including information about the country or region of origin, and the place and processes used to refine the drug.