This paper proposed a novel effective quantitative analysis method for FTIR spectroscopy of polluted gases, which select the best wavenumbers based on the idea of interval dividing. Meanwhile, genetic algorithm was adopted to optimize the connect weights and thresholds of the input layer and the hidden layer of extreme learning machine (ELM) because of its global search ability. Firstly, the whole spectrum region was divided into several subintervals; Secondly, the quantitative analysis model wa
