[MDSClassical] Classical multidimensional scaling

It is also known as Principal Coordinates Analysis, Torgerson Scaling or Torgerson Gower scaling. It takes an input matrix giving dissimilarities between pairs of items and outputs a coordinate matrix whose configuration minimizes a loss function called strain.

Introduction

External resources

• Borg, I., Groenen, P. (2005). Modern Multidimensional Scaling: theory and applications (2nd ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. 207–212. ISBN 978-0-387-94845-4.

Skills

• 1966 - Explain the difference between Generalized multidimensional scaling and Classical multidimensional scaling.

  Explain the difference between Generalized multidimensional scaling and Classical multidimensional scaling.

Status

Contributors

• Rob Lemmens
  University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
  https://research.utwente.nl/en/persons/rob-lemmens