Weighting and aggregation in composite indicator construction: A multiplicative optimization approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-181

  Zhou, P ^a   Ang, B W ^b   Zhou, D Q ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Composite indicator; Data envelopment analysis; Human development index; Weighting

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

EID: 75749083678     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9472-3     Document Type: Article

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