addconst

<code>addconst</code> returns the smallest additive constant which,
added to the dissimilarities, makes the data true Euclidean distances.
Note: NA's are not allowed.

Multidimensional scaling (MDS) functions for various tasks that are beyond the beta stage and way past the alpha stage.
Currently, options are available for weights, restrictions, classical scaling or principal coordinate analysis, transformations (linear, power, Box-Cox, spline, ordinal), outlier mitigation (rdop), out-of-sample estimation (predict), negative dissimilarities, fast and faster executions with low memory footprints, penalized restrictions, cross-validation-based penalty selection, supplementary variable estimation (explain), additive constant estimation, mixed measurement level distance calculation, restricted classical scaling, etc. More will come in the future.
References. Busing (2024) "A Simple Population Size Estimator for Local Minima Applied to Multidimensional Scaling". Manuscript submitted for publication.
Busing (2025) "Node Localization by Multidimensional Scaling with Iterative Majorization". Manuscript submitted for publication.
Busing (2025) "Faster Multidimensional Scaling". Manuscript in preparation.
Barroso and Busing (2025) "e-RDOP, Relative Density-Based Outlier Probabilities, Extended to Proximity Mapping". Manuscript submitted for publication.

Frank Busing

fmds

Multidimensional Scaling Development Kit

Frank M.T.A. Busing

Juan Claramunt Gonzalez

addconst function

<dl><dt>delta</dt>
<dd>an n by n square symmetric hollow matrix containing (non-negative) dissimilarities.</dd>
<dt>faster</dt>
<dd>logical indicating faster but less precise procedure</dd>
<dt>error.check</dt>
<dd>extensive check validity input (data) parameters (default = FALSE).</dd></dl>

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Additive Constant Function for Classical Multidimensional Scaling — addconst

<dl>

<dt>delta</dt>
<dd>an n by n square symmetric hollow matrix containing (non-negative) dissimilarities.</dd>


<dt>faster</dt>
<dd>logical indicating faster but less precise procedure</dd>


<dt>error.check</dt>
<dd>extensive check validity input (data) parameters (default = FALSE).</dd>

</dl>

addconst: Additive Constant Function for Classical Multidimensional Scaling

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