How do you call an algorithm which, given a square matrix of distances, places N points on (euclidean) plane in order to minimize sum of deviations between pairs and input matrix? some info: looks like this time i was more lucky in googling: http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/stats/html/cmdscale.html

p.s. I posted english text as 'russian' again. lol