ci_bod_mdir function

Multi-directional Benefit of the Doubt approach (MDBoD)

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.

ci_bod_mdir(x,indic_col)

Arguments

• x: A data.frame containing simple indicators.
• indic_col: A numeric list indicating the positions of the simple indicators.

Returns

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.

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

Author(s)

Fusco E.

See Also

ci_bod_dir, ci_rbod_mdir

Examples

data(BLI_2017)
CI <- ci_bod_mdir(BLI_2017,c(2:12))