Normalization methods for spatio‐temporal analysis of environmental performance: Revisiting the Min–Max method

M Mazziotta, A Pareto - Environmetrics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few years, composite indices for ranking or assessing country performance in a
wide variety of complex phenomena, such as environmental sustainability, have gained a lot …

Subjective–Objective Method of Maximizing the Average Variance Extracted From Sub-indicators in Composite Indicators

MP Libório, AMA Diniz, DAG Vieira, PI Ekel - Social Indicators Research, 2024 - Springer
This research presents an innovative method for constructing composite indicators: the
Subjective–objective method of maximizing extracted variance (Sommev). Sommev's hybrid …

Benefit-of-the-Doubt in the Spatial Analysis of Child Well-Being in European Countries

MP Libório, AMA Diniz, ACG dos Santos… - Child Indicators …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Benefit-of-the-Doubt is one of the most popular methods for constructing
composite indicators, with the main characteristic being the endogenous and individualized …