fm_equate {FuzzyPovertyR}R Documentation

Fuzzy monetary poverty estimation

Description

Solves the non-linear equation in Betti et. al, 2018.

Usage

fm_equate(predicate.ord, weight.ord, interval, verbose)

Arguments

predicate.ord

a sorted vector of a predicate variable

weight.ord

a sorted vector of weights (in the same order of predicate.ord)

interval

The interval to look for the solution of the equation.

verbose

Logical. whether to print the proceeding of the procedure.

Details

Calculates the exponent parameter alpha of the non-linear equation of Betti et al, 2018 so that the expected value of the fuzzy membership function equated the head count ratio.

Value

the obtained exponent


[Package FuzzyPovertyR version 2.0.1 Index]