Download or read book Measuring and Understanding Complex Phenomena written by Rainer Bruggemann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indicators are more and more applied to describe and analyze complex systems. Typical examples: Innovation potential of nations, child-well being, Environmental health, poverty, chemical pollution, corruption of nations. The task is: How can a system of indicators be defined in order to fulfill the above expectations. One possibility is the application of the mathematical theory of partial order, especially when the indicator system shall be used for ranking purposes.