Measuring and Understanding Complex Phenomena

Chapter 1. Some basic considerations on the design and the interpretation of indicators in the context of modelling and simulation.- Chapter 2. Indicators in the framework of partial order.- Chapter 3. ASSESSING INHOMOGENEOUS INDICATOR-RELATED TYPOLOGIES.- Chapter 4. Uncertainty in weights for composite indicators generated by weighted sums.- Chapter 5. A study to generate a weak order from a partially ordered set, taken  biomonitoring measurements.- Chapter 6. Problem orientable evaluations as L-subsets.- Chapter 7. Evaluations as Sets over Lattices - Application point of view.- Chapter 8. Indicators for Sustainability Assessment in the Procurement of Civil Engineering Services.- Chapter 9. DEPENDENT INDICATORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONS OF DESALINATION PLANTS.- Chapter 10. Introduction into Sampling Theory, Applying.- Chapter 11. Looking for alternatives? Split shots as an exemplary case.- Chapter 12. Comparison of selected procedures for generating activated carbon with special focus on Miscanthus straw as a sustainable raw material.- Chapter 13. Uranium trappers, a partial order study.- Chapter 14. There is no such thing as a free lunch! Who is paying for our happiness?.- Chapter 15. Posetic tools in the social sciences: a tutorial exposition.- Chapter 16. Assessing Subjective Well-being in Wide Populations. A Posetic Approach to Micro-data Analysis.- Chapter 17. Deep Ranking Analysis by Power Eigenvectors (DRAPE): a study on the human, environmental and economic wellbeing of 154 countries.- Chapter 18. PyHasse, a software package for applicational studies of partial orderings

Rainer Bruggemann studied chemistry with a focus on theoretical and mathematical concepts. He was working at several research institutes and was teaching mathematical modelling in Environmental Chemistry at several universities. His interest also focuses on indicators and their analysis.

Lars Carlsen has more than 35 years of experience in R&D, technical support and training activities within the environmental field. His current research interests include areas like sustainable development, model tools, such as structure-activity relationships and ranking techniques as decision support tools and development and application of multi-criteria data analysis tools within environmental - and social science.