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R Example: Distance Between European Cities using Multidimensional Scaling
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| require(graphics) | |
| loc <- cmdscale(eurodist) | |
| x <- loc[, 1] | |
| y <- -loc[, 2] # reflect so North is at the top | |
| ## note asp = 1, to ensure Euclidean distances are represented correctly | |
| plot(x, y, type = "n", xlab = "", ylab = "", asp = 1, axes = FALSE, main = "cmdscale(eurodist)") | |
| text(x, y, rownames(loc), cex = 0.6) |
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