The main aim of this study, introduce a model todetermine the optimal values of the index value to minimize thetotal expected cost index and also the best decision making inselecting the industry and the region for investment by investors.For this purpose, the technique of linear programming to determinethe optimal values of the index value is used. Finally, FuzzyTOPSIS technique to prioritize ...

14.1 This chapter focuses on the value aggregates for goods and services that relate the major price indices, including the consumer price index (CPI), to one another. The chapter provides a deeper context for the domain of the CPI covered in Chapter 3 and the index weights dealt with in Chapter 4. It also deepens the context for defining the sample unit and the set of products, discussed in Ch...