Neutrosophic cognitive maps for the analysis of socioeconomic vulnerability

Abstract

The study of territorial socioeconomic vulnerability (VSE) constitutes an imperative for the formation of the public agenda of local governments. Identifying the factors that generate SSE becomes the starting point for public action with the objective of minimizing or neutralizing them. Consequently, a structured sequence of analysis is offered to identify the dimensions and factors that influence socio-economic vulnerability in a territory. The starting point is to determine the existing interrelations between the factors as a way to model the uncertainty and indetermination of the factors that influence the levels of VSE. The analysis is complemented with the application of Neotrophic Cognitive Maps (NKM). The developed proposal was applied in Calixto García municipality, which allowed revealing the factors that influence the VSE of the municipality, as well as the interdependencies, uncertainty and indetermination among them.