A New Malaysian Quality of Life Index Based on Fuzzy Sets and Hierarchical Needs

Autor/inn/en	Lazim, M. Abdullah; Abu Osman, M. Tap
Titel	A New Malaysian Quality of Life Index Based on Fuzzy Sets and Hierarchical Needs
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 94 (2009) 3, S.499-508 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-009-9445-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Indicators; Measurement Techniques; Evaluation Methods; Mathematical Models; Quality of Life; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Messtechnik; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Lebensqualität
Abstract	The Malaysian Quality of Life Index (MQLI) released by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), has led authors to search for alternative method of expressing this index. One of the limitations in MQLI computations is the failure to recognise unequal weights for each accounted component. This paper offers a new way of expressing the quality of life index using a mathematical modelling based on fuzzy sets theory and the proposed weights based on Maslow's theory of hierarchical human needs. The indices of 11 components that were used to compute MQLI, again be gathered as a basis in expressing a new Malaysian Fuzzy Quality of Life Index (MFQLI). The new indices for each component yielded through a normalisation process prior weighting and aggregation to compose a new MFQLI. It was found that a fuzzy sets approach with the inclusion of weights based on human needs yielded a better index of quality of life than the MQLI. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10