Complexity in Society: From Indicators Construction to their Synthesis

This volume discusses the many recent significant developments, and identifies important problems, in the field of social indicators. In the last ten years the methodology of multivariate analysis and synthetic indicators construction significantly developed. In particular, starting from the classic...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Maggino, Filomena. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series: Social Indicators Research Series, 70
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ISBN: 9783319605951
Physical Description: XI, 332 p. online resource.

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Summary: This volume discusses the many recent significant developments, and identifies important problems, in the field of social indicators. In the last ten years the methodology of multivariate analysis and synthetic indicators construction significantly developed. In particular, starting from the classical theory of composite indicators many interesting approaches have been developed to overcome the weaknesses of composites. This volume focuses on these recent developments in synthesizing indicators, and more generally, in quantifying complex phenomena.
ISBN: 9783319605951
ISSN: 1387-6570 ;
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