An index for cross-country analysis of ICT infrastructure and access

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 385-405

  Hanafizadeh, Mohammad Reza ^a   Saghaei, Abbas ^a   Hanafizadeh, Payam ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Composite index; Factor analysis (FA); ICT infrastructure; Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INDEX; CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS; DATA MINING METHODS; DIGITAL DIVIDE; DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY; ECONOMIC CONDITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS (FA); GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; GROSS NATIONAL INCOMES; ICT INFRASTRUCTURE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION SOCIETY; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNIONS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO (MCMC); MISSING DATA; MULTI-STAGE; ORIGINAL STRUCTURES; PER CAPITA; TWO-DIMENSION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MARKOV PROCESSES; MINING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 67349116482     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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