Two-phased composite I-distance indicator approach for evaluation of countries information development
This paper makes a review of the ICT Development Index-IDI, pointing to its drawbacks. The disadvantages of the IDI are mostly related to its bias and uncertainty. Paper presents the Composite I-distance Indicator-CIDI for measuring ICT development. CIDI is unbiased and more stable than the official IDI ranking methodology. CIDI can be used as an appropriate framework for information society evaluation.
information and communication technologies (ict) ict development index (idi) composite indicators i-distance method cidi methodology uncertainty analysis sensitivity analysis