Searching for Optimal MDS Procedure for Metric, Nonmetric and Interval-Valued Data

Selecting the optimal multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedure for metric data via metric MDS (ratio, interval, mspline) and nonmetric MDS (ordinal). Selecting the optimal multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedure for interval-valued data via metric MDS (ratio, interval, mspline).Selecting the optimal multidimensional scaling procedure for interval-valued data by varying all combinations of normalization and optimization methods.Selecting the optimal MDS procedure for statistical data referring to the evaluation of tourist attractiveness of Lower Silesian counties. (Borg, I., Groenen, P.J.F., Mair, P. (2013) , Dehnel, G., Walesiak, M. (2019) , Walesiak, M. (2016) , Walesiak, M. (2017) ), Walesiak, M., Dehnel, G. (2020) , Walesiak, M., Dehnel, G., Dudek, A. (2025) , Walesiak, M., Dehnel, G. (2026) .


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install.packages("mdsOpt")

0.8-1 by Andrzej Dudek, 16 days ago


Browse source code at https://github.com/cran/mdsOpt


Authors: Marek Walesiak [aut] , Andrzej Dudek [aut, cre] (ORCID:


Documentation:   PDF Manual  


GPL (>= 2) license


Imports animation, plotrix, spdep

Depends on smacof, clusterSim, symbolicDA

Suggests testthat, R.rsp, ggplot2, ggrepel


See at CRAN