Multidimensional Scaling: History, Theory and Applications.

Contents: F.W. Young, Part I:History. Introduction. History. F.W. Young, Part II:Theory. Data Theory. Axiomatic Foundations. Unweighted Distance Models. Weighted Distance Models. Part III:Applications. J.A. Cameron, Nuclear Physics: Pattern Recognition in Nuclear Gamma-ray Spectra. L.M. Collins, Sociometry: Deriving Sociograms via Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling. D.L. Hoffman, W.D. Perreault, Jr., Market Research: Consumer Preference and Perception. D.V. Easterling, Political Science: Using the Generalized Euclidian Model to Study Ideological Shifts in the U.S. Senate. M.R. Jones, R. MacCallum, Psychology: An Application of Principal Directions Scaling to Auditory Pattern Perception. B.H. Forsyth, Psychology: The Subjective Attributes of Natural Categories -- An Application of a Constrained Generalized Euclidian Model.