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An Alternating Least Squares Algorithm for Fitting the Two- and Three-Way Dedicom Model and the Idioscal Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Henk A. L. Kiers
Henk A. L. Kiers*
Affiliation:
University of Groningen
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Abstract

The DEDICOM model is a model for representing asymmetric relations among a set of objects by means of a set of coordinates for the objects on a limited number of dimensions. The present paper offers an alternating least squares algorithm for fitting the DEDICOM model. The model can be generalized to represent any number of sets of relations among the same set of objects. An algorithm for fitting this three-way DEDICOM model is provided as well. Based on the algorithm for the three-way DEDICOM model an algorithm is developed for fitting the IDIOSCAL model in the least squares sense.

Keywords

DEDICOMthree mode data analysisIDIOSCAL

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Psychometrika , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , September 1989, pp. 515 - 521
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Copyright © 1989 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

The author is obliged to Jos ten Berge and Richard Harshman.

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