A novel evaluation approach for the ability of older adults based on grey clustering model
Journal of Modelling in Management
ISSN: 1746-5664
Article publication date: 22 September 2023
Issue publication date: 13 March 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to advance a novel evaluation index system and evaluation approach for ability of older adults in China.
Design/methodology/approach
This study constructed a comprehensive older adult ability evaluation index system with 4 primary indicators and 17 secondary indicators. Grey clustering analysis and entropy weight method are combined into a robust evaluation model for the ability of older adults.
Findings
The result demonstrates that the proposed grey clustering model is readily available to calculate the disability level of elderly individuals. The constructed index system more comprehensively considers all aspects of the disability of the elderly.
Originality/value
This study provides a quantitative method and a more reasonable index system for the determination of the disability level of the elderly.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (72071111,71671091). It is also supported by a joint project of both the NSFC and the RS of the UK (71811530338) and a project of the Leverhulme Trust International Network (IN-2014–020). At the same time, the authors would like to acknowledge the partial support of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (NC2019003) and the support of a project of Intelligence Introduction Base of the Ministry of Science and Technology (G20190010178).
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Citation
Zhang, W., Liu, S., Du, J., Tao, L. and Dong, W. (2024), "A novel evaluation approach for the ability of older adults based on grey clustering model", Journal of Modelling in Management, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 750-764. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-09-2022-0215
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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