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Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling: A Numerical Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

J. B. Kruskal
J. B. Kruskal*
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
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Abstract

We describe the numerical methods required in our approach to multi-dimensional scaling. The rationale of this approach has appeared previously.

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Psychometrika , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 1964 , pp. 115 - 129
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Copyright © 1964 Psychometric Society

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