Symbols

The descriptions of symbols

σ i

the standard deviation of the i indicator

x ¯ i j

the average of the i indicator

δ i

the coefficient of variation of the i indicator

P i j

the normalized value obtained after the coordinate translation method

Z

coordinate panning magnitude

w i

combination weights

R E n

the coefficient of difference degree

w j

the weight of rainfall to fragility of the country

w w

the weight of temperature to fragility of the country

w i

improved weight of twelve fragile states index

R i j

the proportion of indicators

e i

the entropy value of the i indicator

g i

the difference coefficient of the i indicator

w 1 i

the weight of variation of the i indicator

w 2 i

the weight of improved entropy method of the i indicator

p 1 , p 2 , , p n

the weight values of each evaluation indicators which are arranged in descending order

x 1 i

the correlation coefficient of the rainfall to the i indicator of state’s fragility

x 2 i

the correlation coefficient of the temperature to the i indicator of state’s fragility

s 1 i

the normalized data of the correlation coefficient of the rainfall to the i indicator of state’s fragility

s 2 i

the normalized data of the correlation coefficient of the temperature to the i indicator of state’s fragility

Δ w 1 i

the correction value of weight of rainfall to the i indicator of state’s fragility

Δ w 2 i

the correction value of weight of temperature to the i indicator of state’s fragility

w i

corrected weights

W i j

initial weight between Hidden layer and Input layer

x i ( p )

Input of neural network

a j ( p )

the actual output of hidden layer

v j r

the weights between the output and hidden layers