What is a good index? Problems with statistically based indicators and the Malmquist index as alternative

iEMSs 2012 - Managing Resources of a Limited Planet: Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 925-932

  Whittaker, G ^a   Lautenbach, S ^b,c   Volk, M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Index; Malmquist

Indexed keywords

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