Deflation in multiblock PLS

This paper describes some of the deflation problems in multiblock PLS. Deflation of X using block scores leads to inferior prediction of Y. Deflation of X using super scores gives the same predictions as standard PLS with all variables in one large X‐block, but the information of the separate blocks gets mixed up owing to the deflation of X. If Y is deflated using the super score instead, these problems disappear. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.