“…In analytical chemistry, multivariate techniques have been applied to the optimization of chemical factors during the development of analytical strategies, for instance, systems involve preconcentration using solid phase extraction Penteado et al, 2006;Tarley et al, 2005); liquid-liquid extraction (Baranda et al, 2005;Ebrahimzadeh et al, 2007) and coprecipitation (Saracoglu et al, 2006); some flow injection analysis methods (dos del Campo et al, 2006;) and sequential injection analysis (da Silva et al, 2004;Sultan et al, 1999;Gomez et al, 2006); Idris et al, 2006). Other applications include the optimization of instrumental parameters of equipment for analysis by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) (Pereira-Filho et al, 2002;, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) (Villaneuva et al, 2000;Trevizan et al, 2005) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) (Woller et al, 1998).…”