To cite package MLDS in publications use:

Knoblauch K, Maloney LT, Maloney bipoCcwbLT, Yang JN (2023). MLDS: Maximum Likelihood Difference Scaling. R package version 0.5.1, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=MLDS.

Knoblauch K, Maloney LT (2008). “MLDS : Maximum likelihood difference scaling in R.” Journal of Statistical Software, 25, 1–26. doi:10.18637/jss.v025.i02.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {MLDS: Maximum Likelihood Difference Scaling},
    author = {Kenneth Knoblauch and Laurence T. Maloney and based in
      part on C code written by Laurence T. Maloney and J. N. Yang},
    year = {2023},
    note = {R package version 0.5.1},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=MLDS},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {{MLDS} : Maximum likelihood difference scaling in {R}},
    author = {K Knoblauch and L. T. Maloney},
    journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
    volume = {25},
    year = {2008},
    pages = {1--26},
    doi = {10.18637/jss.v025.i02},
  }