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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Sustainability Science
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Composite indicators are widely used for assessing complex, unmeasurable concepts like environmental performance and sustainability.
  • The influence of indicator weights in composite indicator aggregation is often misunderstood.
  • High-stakes rankings based on composite indicators warrant careful examination of their construction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop novel tools for exploring the impact of indicator weights in composite indicator construction.
  • To provide developers and users with methods to understand and refine weight assignments.
  • To increase transparency and accuracy in composite indicator development.

Main Methods:

  • Measuring indicator importance using the nonlinear Pearson correlation ratio, estimated via Bayesian Gaussian processes.
  • Isolating individual indicator effects through detailed regression analysis.
  • Proposing an optimization procedure to align indicator weights with desired importance values.

Main Results:

  • The developed tools offer significant insights into the effects of indicator weights on composite scores.
  • The methods allow for the examination and isolation of each indicator's contribution.
  • An optimization technique enables fitting weights to match pre-specified importance levels.

Conclusions:

  • The introduced tools enhance the understanding and refinement of composite indicator aggregation.
  • These methods can lead to more robust, transparent, and simplified composite indicator designs.
  • Case studies demonstrate the practical value of these tools in real-world indices.