Joseph B. Kruskal

David Sankoff

The book is the first, and still best compilation of papers explaining how to measure distance between sequences, and how to compute that measure effectively.

Time Warps, String Edits, and Macromolecules

Myron Wish

Outlines a set of techniques that enable a researcher to discuss the "hidden structure" of large data bases. These techniques use proximities, measures which indicate how similar or different objects are, to find a configuration of points which reflects the structure in the data.

Multidimensional Scaling

Jacques Bertin

Howard Wainer

Vincent P. Barabba

Carl M. Francolini

Alan Julian Izenman

Robert J. K. Jacob

Judith B. Seery

Papers

Proceedings of the First General Conference on Social Graphics, Leesburg, Virginia, October 22-24, 1978

Joseph B. Kruskal

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