multidimensional scaling

initialism: MDS
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11476
A visualization method that converts a dataset of distances between molecules in property space into coordinates in lower dimension space with emphasis on preserving the relative distances between dissimilar molecules.
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 239. (Glossary of terms used in computational drug design, part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 250 [Terms] [Paper]