Geometric mean quantity index numbers with Benefit-of-the-Doubt weights

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1004-1014

  Van Puyenbroeck, Tom ^a   Rogge, Nicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benefit of the Doubt model; Composite indicator; Geometric mean index numbers; Multi factor decomposition; Multiplicative aggregation

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; NUMBER THEORY;

COMPOSITE INDICATORS; EU COUNTRIES; GEOMETRIC MEAN; INDEX NUMBERS; MULTI FACTORS; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

BUDGET CONTROL;

EID: 84991228392     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.07.038     Document Type: Article

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