How does layout_with_mds work

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I have been using multidimensional scaling thanks to the R implementation of igraph. The command I have employed is igraph::layout_with_mds() that works pretty fast. My questions are:

  • What is the functional that the algorithm minimizes? According to sources like this, there are several forms of functionals that can be minimized.
  • What is the numerical algorithm that is used for the minimization?

Thanks in advance for any insight.

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It uses classic MDS as described here: Multidimensional scaling - Wikipedia

Sometimes you’ll find more information in the C/igraph docs than the R/igraph ones:

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Thank you @szhorvat! I see the information that I was finding in the C/igraph documentation.