ci_bod_mdir: Multi-directional Benefit of the Doubt approach (MDBoD)
Description
Multi-directional Benefit of the Doubt (MDBoD) allows to introduce the non-compensability among simple indicators in a standard BOD in an objective manner: the preference structure, i.e., the direction, is determined directly from the data and is specific for each unit.
Usage
ci_bod_mdir(x,indic_col)
Value
An object of class "CI". This is a list containing the following elements:
ci_bod_mdir_est
Composite indicator estimated values.
ci_method
Method used; for this function ci_method="bod".
ci_bod_mdir_spec
Simple indicators specific scores.
ci_bod_mdir_dir
Directions for each simple indicator and unit.
Arguments
x
A data.frame containing simple indicators.
indic_col
A numeric list indicating the positions of the simple indicators.
Author
Fusco E.
References
Fusco E. (2023) "Potential improvements approach in composite indicators construction: the Multi-directional Benefit of the Doubt model", Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, vol. 85, 101447