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The problem with composite indicators. [PDF]
BMJ Qual Saf, 2019 ‘The Problem with…’ series covers controversial topics related to efforts to improve healthcare quality, including widely recommended but deceptively difficult strategies for improvement and pervasive problems that seem to resist solution.
Barclay M +2 more
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International university rankings: composite indicators and methodological approaches [PDF]
Frontiers in Research Metrics and AnalyticsThis article explores the methodological landscape of international university rankings by reconstructing and formalizing the computational pipelines of five widely used global systems (ARWU-ShanghaiRanking, Times Higher Education (THE), U.S.
Konstantinos Latifis +2 more
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Resources, 2017 The assessment of the sustainability of agricultural systems is multidimensional in nature and requires holistic measures using indicators with different measurements and units reflecting social, economic, and environmental aspects.
Byomkesh Talukder +2 more
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Weights and importance in composite indicators: Closing the gap
Ecological Indicators, 2017 Michaela Saisana, Paolo Paruolo
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Scrutinizing the Smart City Index: a multivariate statistical approach [PDF]
Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, 2019 The smart city represents a frequently elaborated concept which however comes short in delivering a consistent definition. Nevertheless, almost every description has always been oriented to its technological component, sustainable ...
Olga Bogdanov +3 more
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Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2022 This paper studies deprivation dynamics at the subnational level, introducing a Local Multidimensional Poverty Index (LMPI), and focusing on multidimensional poverty in Ecuador and Uruguay between the last two available censuses, 1990–2010 and 1996–2011,
Moisés Obaco +2 more
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Composite Indices of Development [PDF]
, 2014 This chapter reviews the literature on composite (and multidimensional) indices of development. Composite indices emerged as an alternative to using a portfolio of indicators, whose scattered information is sometimes difficult to grasp, or simply the GNP per capita, which often does not correlate well with development goals.
Santos, M, Santos, G
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Financial Performance Assessment of Construction Firms by Means of RAM-Based Composite Indicators
Mathematics, 2020 This paper aims to provide a novel construct that is based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) range adjusted measure (RAM) of efficiency and demonstrate its practical implementation by evaluating the financial performance of a sample of three upper-class
Ioannis E. Tsolas
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An Academic Performance Indicator Using Flexible Multi-Criteria Methods
Mathematics, 2021 Composite indicators are a very useful tool for conveying summary information on the overall performance of institutions and facilitating decision-making.
Olga Blasco-Blasco +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Composite indicators (CIs), i.e., combinations of many indicators in a unique synthetizing measure, are useful for disentangling multisector phenomena. Prominent questions concern indicators’ weighting, which implies time-consuming activities and should ...
Andrea De Montis +4 more
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