Spatially heterogeneous weights and a non‐compensatory aggregation scheme, are two
important properties needed to construct a composite indicator capable of summarizing …

This research offers a solution to a highly recognized and controversial problem within the
composite indicator literature: sub-indicators weighting. The research proposes a novel …

The weighting of sub-indicators is widely debated in the composite indicator literature.
However, these weighting schemes' effects on the composite indicator's spatial dependence …

The existing research on the business environment index system has a single viewpoint,
which can hardly reflect the requirements of SDGs on the business environment. Few …

Abstract The Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator is a multicriteria method that has
conquered space among researchers in the composite indicators field. Typically, OWA …

This research proposes a decision framework that allows for the identification of the most
suitable methods to construct stable composite indicators that capture the concept of …

The World Bank's ease-of-doing-business index (EDBI) is the most popular instrument for
measuring countries' business environment conditions. Although useful to direct investments …

There is no lack of studies dealing with the consistency of evaluations performed by pairwise
comparison in the decision-making literature. Mostly, these studies offer algorithms for …

Studies carried out in different countries correlate social, economic, environmental, and
health factors with the number of cases and deaths from COVID-19. However, such studies …

Composite indicators are one-dimensional measures that help decision-makers understand
complex realities. Existing software builds composite indicators using different methods, also …