Index
311
Experienced wellbeing (EWB), 206, 208
Exploration, 85–86, 92, 93, 292, xi
Extended local partial order model (LPOMext),
183
F
Formal concept analysis, 91, 92, 100, xi
Fragile State Index (FSI), vii
Free chlorine, 131
Frequency distributions, 234
Functionality, indicators
aggregation, 8
decisions between alternatives, 5
hierarchy of the levels, 8–9
judging, 7
modelling real systems, 5–6
observation and transmission, 6, 7
optimization, 5
for system optimization, 9
warnings, 4–5
Functional typology, 36, 38, 39
Fuzzy first-order dominance, 233, 235
Fuzzy-systems, 84, 132, 233–235
G
Gender Equality Index, vii
German Sustainability Strategy, 105, 107, 115
Graph theory
antisymmetry, viii
Hasse diagram, viii–x
international conferences, xiii–xiv
interplay of indicators and objects, 25
reflexivity, viii
transitive reduction, ix
transitivity, ix
Greenhouse gases, 121
Green procurement, 109, 112, 114, 115
H
Happiness, 205, 206, 210, 216
Happy Planet Index (HPI), xv, 206, 208, 211,
213, 214, 216
Hasse Diagram (HD), 155, 170, 192–194, 207
acyclic digraph, viii
assessment, 110
basis partial ordering, 155
conservative approach, 161
Germany, years 2008–2015, xi
HDT, 155
line graphs for indicator, ix–x
non-conservative approach, 160
simple Hasse diagrams, 26
units of Poset, 144
visualization techniques, viii
Hasse diagram technique (HDT), 47, 64, 66,
155, 170, 183, 184, 190–192, 207,
267, 292, 297, 301
Hierarchical design
basic indicators, 22–24
conceptual model, 21
latent variables and dimensionality, 21–22
Human Development Index, vii
Human Environment Interface Index (HEI), vii
Human Health Criteria (HHCr), 157, 159
I
Identification function, 253
Implications, 86, 88, 89, 94, 96–100
Incomparability, xii, 45, 49–52
Indicator conflicts, 175
Indicator importance, 161, 174, 214
Indicators, 166–169, 171, 173, 174
aggregation, xii
in biology, 3
complex indicators, 11–14
complexity, 18–20
complex systems, 18–20
components, hierarchical design (see
Hierarchical design)
composite, 23, 32–34
CPI, 3
definition, 3
dependent (see Dependent indicators)
in economic sciences, 3
environmental, 119, 120
EPI, vii
FSI, vii
function (see Functionality, indicators)
Gender Equality Index, vii
HEI, vii
Human development Index, vii
incomparability, xii
‘the index’, vii
mathematical problem, vii–viii
media and public debate, 17
in medicine, 4
MSI, viii
social sciences, xv
software, xvi
for specific purposes, xv
SSI, vii, 272, 273, 284
system analysis, 4
workflow for building indicators (see
Design-workflow)
311
Experienced wellbeing (EWB), 206, 208
Exploration, 85–86, 92, 93, 292, xi
Extended local partial order model (LPOMext),
183
F
Formal concept analysis, 91, 92, 100, xi
Fragile State Index (FSI), vii
Free chlorine, 131
Frequency distributions, 234
Functionality, indicators
aggregation, 8
decisions between alternatives, 5
hierarchy of the levels, 8–9
judging, 7
modelling real systems, 5–6
observation and transmission, 6, 7
optimization, 5
for system optimization, 9
warnings, 4–5
Functional typology, 36, 38, 39
Fuzzy first-order dominance, 233, 235
Fuzzy-systems, 84, 132, 233–235
G
Gender Equality Index, vii
German Sustainability Strategy, 105, 107, 115
Graph theory
antisymmetry, viii
Hasse diagram, viii–x
international conferences, xiii–xiv
interplay of indicators and objects, 25
reflexivity, viii
transitive reduction, ix
transitivity, ix
Greenhouse gases, 121
Green procurement, 109, 112, 114, 115
H
Happiness, 205, 206, 210, 216
Happy Planet Index (HPI), xv, 206, 208, 211,
213, 214, 216
Hasse Diagram (HD), 155, 170, 192–194, 207
acyclic digraph, viii
assessment, 110
basis partial ordering, 155
conservative approach, 161
Germany, years 2008–2015, xi
HDT, 155
line graphs for indicator, ix–x
non-conservative approach, 160
simple Hasse diagrams, 26
units of Poset, 144
visualization techniques, viii
Hasse diagram technique (HDT), 47, 64, 66,
155, 170, 183, 184, 190–192, 207,
267, 292, 297, 301
Hierarchical design
basic indicators, 22–24
conceptual model, 21
latent variables and dimensionality, 21–22
Human Development Index, vii
Human Environment Interface Index (HEI), vii
Human Health Criteria (HHCr), 157, 159
I
Identification function, 253
Implications, 86, 88, 89, 94, 96–100
Incomparability, xii, 45, 49–52
Indicator conflicts, 175
Indicator importance, 161, 174, 214
Indicators, 166–169, 171, 173, 174
aggregation, xii
in biology, 3
complex indicators, 11–14
complexity, 18–20
complex systems, 18–20
components, hierarchical design (see
Hierarchical design)
composite, 23, 32–34
CPI, 3
definition, 3
dependent (see Dependent indicators)
in economic sciences, 3
environmental, 119, 120
EPI, vii
FSI, vii
function (see Functionality, indicators)
Gender Equality Index, vii
HEI, vii
Human development Index, vii
incomparability, xii
‘the index’, vii
mathematical problem, vii–viii
media and public debate, 17
in medicine, 4
MSI, viii
social sciences, xv
software, xvi
for specific purposes, xv
SSI, vii, 272, 273, 284
system analysis, 4
workflow for building indicators (see
Design-workflow)