ABSTRACT

This outstanding presentation of the fundamentals of multidimensional scaling illustrates the applicability of MDS to a wide variety of disciplines. The first two sections provide ground work in the history and theory of MDS. The final section applies MDS techniques to such diverse fields as physics, marketing, and political science.

part |1 pages

PART I: HISTORY

chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|26 pages

History

part |1 pages

PART II: THEORY

chapter 3|24 pages

Data Theory

chapter 4|18 pages

Axiomatic Foundations

chapter 5|31 pages

Unweighted Distance Models

chapter 6|37 pages

Weighted Distance Models

chapter |5 pages

References Parts I and II