DocumentCode
2417557
Title
Fuzzy Integrals as a Tool for Obtaining an Indicator for Quality of Life
Author
Botteldooren, Dick ; Verkeyn, Andy ; De Baets, Bernard ; Lercher, Peter
Author_Institution
Ghent Univ., Ghent
fYear
0
fDate
0-0 0
Firstpage
1065
Lastpage
1071
Abstract
Many governments and international organizations recognize the fact that classical economic indicators do not accurately reflect the quality of life in a country or region. Indicators that reflect the subjective evaluation of well-being or quality of life by inhabitants have to be constructed based on multiple criteria. Multi-criteria evaluation systems based on fuzzy integrals seem very well suited for this task as they tend to approximate overall quality assessment by inhabitants quite well. This paper discusses the choice of fuzzy integrals and analyses the suitability of the approach based on a survey with 2000 people.
Keywords
economics; fuzzy set theory; operations research; social sciences; economic indicators; fuzzy integrals; life quality indicator; multicriteria evaluation systems; Biometrics; Economic indicators; Fuzzy systems; Government; Information technology; Mathematics; Mood; Psychology; Quality assessment; Time measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fuzzy Systems, 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9488-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUZZY.2006.1681842
Filename
1681842
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