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SCALINGMETHOD

Description
Which scaling method to use.
Type
Integer
Topic areas
Values
-1 
The scaling method is determined automatically.
0 
Disable scaling.
1 
Use maximum element scaling (also called equilibrium scaling).
2 
Use geometric mean scaling.
3 
Use Curtis-Reid scaling.
4 
Use maximum element plus Curtis-Reid scaling.
Default value
-1
Note
Other than 0 (which disables scaling), SCALINGMETHOD only selects the underlying scaling method; Other aspects of scaling can be controled using SCALINGORDER, SCALINGBIGM and SCALINGOPS.
Affects routines
See also
Category
Control

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