Contents
Part I Indicators and Theoretical Developments
Some Basic Considerations on the Design and the Interpretation
of Indicators in the Context of Modelling and Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Jochen Wittmann
Indicators in the Framework of Partial Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Filomena Maggino, Rainer Bruggemann, and Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo
Assessing Inhomogeneous Indicator-Related Typologies Through
the Reverse Clustering Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Jan W. Owsi´ nski, Jarosław Sta´ nczak, Sławomir Zadro¨ zny,
and Janusz Kacprzyk
Uncertainty in Weights for Composite Indicators Generated
by Weighted Sums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rainer Bruggemann and Lars Carlsen
A Study to Generate a Weak Order from a Partially Ordered Set,
Taken Biomonitoring Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rainer Bruggemann, Lars Carlsen, Bardia Panahbehagh,
and Stergios Pirintsos
Problem Orientable Evaluations as L-Subsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adalbert Kerber and Rainer Bruggemann
Evaluations as Sets over Lattices – Application Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rainer Bruggemann and Adalbert Kerber
Part II Indicators for Special Purposes
Indicators for Sustainability Assessment in the Procurement
of Civil Engineering Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Nora Pankow, Rainer Bruggemann, Jan Waschnewski, Regina Gnirss,
and Robert Ackermann
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Part I Indicators and Theoretical Developments
Some Basic Considerations on the Design and the Interpretation
of Indicators in the Context of Modelling and Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Jochen Wittmann
Indicators in the Framework of Partial Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Filomena Maggino, Rainer Bruggemann, and Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo
Assessing Inhomogeneous Indicator-Related Typologies Through
the Reverse Clustering Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Jan W. Owsi´ nski, Jarosław Sta´ nczak, Sławomir Zadro¨ zny,
and Janusz Kacprzyk
Uncertainty in Weights for Composite Indicators Generated
by Weighted Sums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rainer Bruggemann and Lars Carlsen
A Study to Generate a Weak Order from a Partially Ordered Set,
Taken Biomonitoring Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rainer Bruggemann, Lars Carlsen, Bardia Panahbehagh,
and Stergios Pirintsos
Problem Orientable Evaluations as L-Subsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adalbert Kerber and Rainer Bruggemann
Evaluations as Sets over Lattices – Application Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rainer Bruggemann and Adalbert Kerber
Part II Indicators for Special Purposes
Indicators for Sustainability Assessment in the Procurement
of Civil Engineering Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Nora Pankow, Rainer Bruggemann, Jan Waschnewski, Regina Gnirss,
and Robert Ackermann
xxi