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A data science based standardized Gini index as a Lorenz dominance preserving measure of the inequality of distributions

The Gini index is a measure of the inequality of a distribution that can be derived from Lorenz curves. While commonly used in, e.g., economic research, it suffers from ambiguity via lack of Lorenz dominance preservation. Here, investigation of large sets of empirical distributions of incomes of the...

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Autores principales: Ultsch, Alfred, Lötsch, Jörn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28796778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181572