From: Timo <tmoeller@noran.com>
Subject: Re: Peak Search
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:55:53 -0600
Newsgroups: sci.math.num-analysis

Marcos Gonzalez Menendez wrote:
> 
> Does anybody know an efficient method for search
> peaks in a signal?
> I would like to know if there is some mathematical
> software that can do this? I'm also interesed in
> the mathematical tools that the peak search involves.
> Thanks in advance!

Oh, yes!  There are tons.  Especially since the advent of digital
computing have scientists in various spectroscopy fields been interested
in numerical methods and procedural algorithms for locating all sorts of
peaks in their data.  I am most familiar with gaussian peak searches. 
These usually involve cross-correlation filtering; the seminal paper in
this field seems to be Mariscotti's.  But there are a number of other
algorithms in use, including various simplex, linear least squares,
non-linear and derivative methods.  A pretty good compilation of many of
the commonly used algorithms can be found at:   
  http://www.galactic.com/galactic/science/algo.htm

Hope this helps.
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