Alternative approaches to constructing composite indicators: an application to construct a Sustainable Energy Index for APEC economies

Operational Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 747-759

  Peng, Cheng ^a   Wu, Xunbo ^b   Fu, Yelin ^c   Lai, Kin Keung ^c,d  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Common weights; Composite indicators; Multiple criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962773376     PISSN: 11092858     EISSN: 18661505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12351-016-0235-z     Document Type: Article

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