The present study devises a computational scheme (and develops a FORTRAN 77 computer program) that may be appropriate to construct Pena’s DP2 (ordinal) synthetic indicator (Z ) from the partial indicators (X ) all of which are ordinal (ranking scores). An attempt has also been made to...

The statistical distribution of Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is characteristically asymmetric and non-mesokurtic. Even the distribution of log10(JIF) exhibits conspicuous skewness and non-mesokurtocity. This paper estimates the parameters of Johnson SU distribution fitting to the log10(JIF) data...

Logarithmic spirals are abundantly observed in nature. To obtain the parameters of such spirals, curve-fitting may be required. However, the usual procedure of curve-fitting fails miserably in this regard. The difficulties become much more intense when the observed points z = (x,y) are not...

Structural change which is inherent in an evolving economy refers to a long-term widespread transformation of the fundamental relationships among different parts and organic constituents of it, rather than micro scale or short-term change in output and employment. Short-term economic challenges...

There is now abundant scientific evidence that humanity is living unsustainably. The environment is gradually becoming more overstressed. People now are transforming ecosystems throughout the world at a faster and more extensive pace than any other time in human history. We are culturally given...