Version 2.6-0 of the pls package has been released and will be available at your local CRAN mirror shortly. The pls package implements Partial Least Squares Regression, Principal Component Regression and Canonical Powered PLS. The major changes in 2.6-0 are: - It now has a function selectNcomp() for automatically suggesting the optimal number of components for the model. The function implements two different algorithms, and will optionally plot the RMSEP values and number of components. - A description of selectNcomp() has been added to the vignette. -- Regards, Bj?rn-Helge Mevik