 Composite indicators as generalized benefit-of-the-doubt weighted averagesNicky Rogge European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 267, issue 1, 381-392 Abstract: Composite indicators (CIs) are usually computed as arithmetic (weighted) averages of (often normalized) sub-indicators. Several studies criticized this procedure for implying requirements and properties that are often hard to maintain in practical applications. Recent studies explored the multiplicative aggregation and more specifically the geometric (weighted) average as aggregator in CI-building. This paper takes this exploration one step further by considering other members of the family of generalized (weighted) averages as aggregator in the construction of CIs. It is argued that the choice for a particular version of the generalized weighted average enables to reflect decision makers’ attitudes in the evaluation. For the Human Development Index, results show that the choice for a specific version of the generalized (weighted) average as aggregator in CI-construction impacts country rankings. Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis; Benefit-of-the-doubt model; Composite indicator; Generalized mean aggregation; Human Development Index (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ejores:v:267:y:2018:i:1:p:381-392 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.048 Access Statistics for this article European Journal of Operational Research is currently edited by Roman Slowinski, Jesus Artalejo, Jean-Charles. Billaut, Robert Dyson and Lorenzo Peccati More articles in European Journal of Operational Research from Elsevier |
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