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Borg, Ingiver; Lingoes, James C. – Psychometrika, 1980
A method for externally constraining certain distances in multidimensional scaling configurations is introduced and illustrated. The method is described in detail and several examples are presented. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Hypothesis Testing, Mathematical Models, Multidimensional Scaling

Davison, Mark L. – Psychometrika, 1976
Proposes a quadratic programming, least squares solution to Carroll's weighted unfolding model with nonnegativity constraints imposed on weights. It can be used to test various hypotheses about the weighted unfolding model with or without constraints. (RC)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Correlation, Goodness of Fit, Hypothesis Testing