x0: A data.frame containing simple indicators - time 0
x1: A data.frame containing simple indicators - time 1
indic_col: A numeric list indicating the positions of the simple indicators.
up_w: Weights upper bound.
low_w: Weights lower bound.
bench: Row number of the benchmark unit
Returns
An object of class "CI". This is a list containing the following elements: - ci_geom_bod_intertemp_est: A matrix containing the Overall Change (period t1 vs t0), the Change Effect (period t1 vs t0), the Benchmark Effect (period t1 vs t0) and Weight Effect (period t1 vs t0).
ci_method: Method used; for this function ci_method="Intertemporal_effects_Geometric_BoD".
References
Van Puyenbroeck T. and Rogge N. (2017) "Geometric mean quantity index numbers with Benefit-of-the-Doubt weights", European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 256, Issue 3, Pages 1004 - 1014