Measuring and Understanding Complex Phenomena
Indicators and their Analysis in Different Scientific Fields
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Beschreibung
Indicators are more and more applied to describe and analyze complex systems. Typical examples: Innovation potential of nations, child-well being, Environmental health, poverty, chemical pollution, corruption of nations. The task is: How can a system of indicators be defined in order to fulfill the above expectations. One possibility is the application of the mathematical theory of partial order, especially when the indicator system shall be used for ranking purposes.
Indicators are more and more applied to describe and analyze complex systems. Typical examples: Innovation potential of nations, child-well being, Environmental health, poverty, chemical pollution, corruption of nations. The task is: How can a system of indicators be defined in order to fulfill the above expectations. One possibility is the application of the mathematical theory of partial order, especially when the indicator system shall be used for ranking purposes.
Introduces and exemplify the role of indicators (Multi-indicator systems (MIS) to analyze complex systems The mathematical tool of partial order will be explained and is one method to analyze MIS. Partial order seems to be helpful, when MIS is to support decisions Complexity of the world implies complexity in calculus. Hence the book also describes software packages useful for application of partial order on MIS
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Rainer Bruggemann
Themen in »Measuring and Understanding Complex Phenomena«
Complex system analysis Environmental health Indicator systems Mathematical theory of partial order Applied statistics for environmental management