Joseph Kruskal
Joseph Kruskal · Science & Medicine
Multidimensional scaling and Kruskal's algorithm
1928, New York City, USA — 2010, Maplewood, New Jersey, USA
United States
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Joseph Kruskal was a mathematician and statistician at Bell Labs who developed non-metric multidimensional scaling, a widely used data-analysis method, and Kruskal's algorithm for minimum spanning trees, a staple of computer science. He came from a distinguished Jewish family that included his mathematician brothers Martin and William Kruskal. He was Jewish.
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Multidimensional scaling and Kruskal's algorithm
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