A quasi-metric approach to multidimensional unfolding for reducing the occurrence of degenerate solutions

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-180

  Kim, Chulwan ^a   Rangaswamy, Arvind ^a   DeSarbo, Wayne S ^a  

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EID: 0033434523     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327906Mb340202     Document Type: Article

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