What does MDS stand for?

Multidimensional Scaling (statistical technique)

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Doctoral student's integration of psychology and Christianity: Perspectives via attachment theory and multidimensional scaling.

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In multidimensional scaling (MDS) the results are provided in terms of dimensions which reflect the best distributions of data in a multidimensional space, where the most dissimilar items are kept as far apart from each other as possible.

The structure of Estonian concepts of emotion: a self-organizational ...

To identify species assemblages, the ordination method of nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) was applied to the matrix of dissimilarities (Kruskal, 1964).

Fish assemblages and indicator species: reef fishes off the ...

This overall effort proves similar in nature to a combination of multidimensional scaling (5) that basically develops a geometric picture, or map, of the location of some objects relative to others and specifies how they differ.

Efficient and effective: guidelines for meeting the mission of the ...

This technique, known as multidimensional scaling (MDS) successfully models complex patterns in migration data around the globe using a "functional map.

An innovative approach to studying migration: applying functional ...

We essentially do a metric multidimensional scaling [1] on the data to learn the underlying coordinates in a 3-dimensional Euclidean space, namely the latent space.

Modeling link qualities in a sensor network

To use multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis the paper develops a dissimilarity measure from the switching matrix.

Identifying hierarchical choice structures: a comparison of methods

By using a class of exploratory techniques referred to as multidimensional scaling (Borg & Groenen, 1997; Kruskal & Wish, 1978; Schiffman, Reynolds, & Young, 1981), more detailed information regarding the structure of a subject's responding over time may be examined (Davison, 1983; Jones, 1983; Shoben, 1983).

A comparison of match-to-sample and respondent-type training of ...