This DOS executable version of KYST2a with sample input data was originally
provided to various people by Phipps Arabie with the following explanation.

For other information about KYST2a, see the other KYST2a entries in the
netlib/mds directory.

                                         Joseph B Kruskal
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                                        Phipps Arabie
                                        11 October 1993

              PC VERSION OF KYST2-A AT RUTGERS-GSM

     This diskette contains KYST3.EXE and assumes a math co-
processor.  Either copy it to the hard disk and then type
                         kyst3
or run it (more slowly) from a floppy by typing, for example,

                         a:kyst3

     The program will prompt you for the filenames (and paths are
optionally allowed) of all input and output files.  Note that all
input files must be ascii, with no left margin.  These should be
prepared using a text editor and saved in ascii mode.  KYST3 has no
internal editor to prompt you for input data.  The diskette has a
sample input file, called "ekman.dat".

     The output file will also be an ascii file, with the usual
FORTRAN carriage control conventions.  When you read the output
file with an editor, remember to: (a) declare that the file is to
be read as an ascii file, (b) set the horizontal margins to be as
narrow as possible, and (c) take care of carriage control.  

     Finally, it is to your advantage to print the output file in
"landscape" format and to use a small font size if one is available
to you.

     Many of the options in this program have default values that
are not typical for most uses.  For example, the first time you
enter analyze a data matrix, you should always specify 

PRINT DISTANCES

Also, most of the data sets you would consider analyzing would
require the non-default options of

LOWERHALFMATRIX DIAGONAL ABSENT

You should always include the following options:

ITERATIONS=200 STRMIN=0.0 CARDS SRATST=1.00

     This version of KYST2-A does not support the option 

DATAFILE

nor is any diagnostic given.  

     You will be asked for a file name for the machine-readable
output (obtained from specifying the option "CARDS") regardless of
whether you have asked for such output.  In general, you should
always ask for it.
                           References

Kruskal, J. B. (1964a). Multidimensional scaling by optimizing
goodness of fit to a nonmetric hypothesis. Psychometrika, 29, 1-27.

Kruskal, J. B. (1964b). Nonmetric multidimensional scaling: A
numerical method. Psychometrika, 29, 115-129. 
Kruskal, J. B., Young, F. W., & Seery, J. B. (1977). How to use
KYST2, a very flexible program to do multidimensional scaling and
unfolding. Murray Hill, NJ: AT & T Bell Laboratories. 

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