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A New Solution to the Problem of Finding All Numerical Solutions to Ordered Metric Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Paul E. Lehner and
Elliot Noma
Paul E. Lehner*
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan
Elliot Noma
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan
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Abstract

A new algorithm is used to test and describe the set of all possible solutions for any linear model of an empirical ordering derived from techniques such as additive conjoint measurement, unfolding theory, general Fechnerian scaling and ordinal multiple regression. The algorithm is computationally faster and numerically superior to previous algorithms.

Keywords

ordered metric structuresconvex coneadditive conjoint measurementunfolding theoryFechnerian scaling

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Psychometrika , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , March 1980, pp. 135 - 137
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Copyright © 1980 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

This research was supported in part by NIGMS grant GM-01231 to the University of Michigan. Authors’ names are in alphabetic order.

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