This assumption is reflected in studies using only one indicator even when several are available, as well as in studies making indices without adjusting for the unmeasured effect of one indicator on another [ 21, 22].
These devices, with a suitable design, permit sensitive operation over a wide range of indices without the ambiguities of conventional MZIs.
For the case study in the Dongjiang River Basin in Southern China, 11 and 14 indices (without and with the socio-economic indices considered) are respectively chosen to construct the zoning model based on Ant-Miner.
To date, reliability-based structural design standards have been developed using deterministic design procedures that are formulated to achieve target levels of structural reliability (target safety indices) without requiring explicit reliability calculations.
However, monitoring programs and conservation practitioners are overwhelmed by a myriad of network indices without being fully aware of their differences for characterizing the importance of individual habitat patches in fragmented landscapes.
"The Gujarat model will work in India in terms of worsening the human development indices, without bringing about any higher growth rate," he says.
