?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+New+Approach+to+Qualitative+Stereo&rft.creator=Hel-Or%2C+Yacov&rft.creator=Edelman%2C+Shimon&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Nonmetric+multidimensional+scaling+(MDS)+is+a+family+of+algorithms+that+allow+one+to+derive+a+quantitative+representation+of+data+from+a+set+of+qualitative+measurements+which+must+satisfy+certain+simple+constraints.+As+a+tool+for+vision%2C+MDS+combines+the+advantages+of+both+qualitative+and+classical+approaches%2C+by+relying%2C+on+the+one+hand%2C+on+an+ordinal-scale+input+representation%2C+and+by+supporting%2C+on+the+other+hand%2C+the+extraction+of+metric+information.+The+present+paper+illustrates+an+application+of+MDS+to+the+recovery+of+depth+from+the+rank+order+of+binocular+disparity+differences+for+a+set+of+points.+Our+results+indicate+that+multidimensional+scaling+constitutes+a+promising+approach+to+the+integration+of+biological+and+computational+insights+into+the+problem+of+depth+perception.&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F584%2F2%2F199711018.ps&rft.identifier=++Hel-Or%2C+Yacov+and+Edelman%2C+Shimon++(1994)+A+New+Approach+to+Qualitative+Stereo.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F584%2F