1. A method for analyzing melting curve data, the method comprising: accessing experimental melting curve data, the experimental melting curve data comprising a plurality of electro-optical (EO) radiation measurements as a function of temperature, the measurements obtained by melting a compound comprising a fluorescing dye, wherein the experimental melting curve data comprises a background EO radiation signal; accessing a model of the background EO radiation signal; calculating a deviation function, the deviation function quantifying a deviation between the experimental melting curve data and the model of the background EO radiation signal as a function of temperature; and storing the deviation function on a computer-readable storage medium for use in analyzing the compound.