Journal Pre-proof Wavenumber selection based on Singular Value Decomposition for sample classification Jo˜ ao B.G. Brito (Conceptualization) (Methodology) (Software)<ce:contributor-role>Writing - Original draft), Guilherme B. Bucco<ce:contributor-role>Writing - Reviewing and Editing) (Software) (Validation), Danielle K. John (Resources)<ce:contributor-role>Writing - Reviewing and Editing), Marco F. Ferr˜ ao (Resources)<ce:contributor-role>Writing - Reviewing and Editing), Rafael S. Ortiz (Resources), Kristiane C. Mariotti (Resources), Michel J. Anzanello<ce:contributor-role>Writing - Reviewing and Editing) (Supervision) PII: S0379-0738(20)30053-0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110191 Reference: FSI 110191 To appear in: Forensic Science International Received Date: 16 July 2019 Revised Date: 30 January 2020 Accepted Date: 7 February 2020 Please cite this article as: Brito JBG, Bucco GB, John DK, Ferr ˜ ao MF, Ortiz RS, Mariotti KC, Anzanello MJ, Wavenumber selection based on Singular Value Decomposition for sample classification, Forensic Science International (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110191