Modified Logistic Membership function for Poverty Measure

In this paper, new fuzzy poverty index based methodology using a specific membership function, named as modified logistic membership function, is proposed. The modified logistic membership function is first formulated for several states of poverty and its flexibility in taking up vagueness in poverty is established by an analytical approach using aggregate operators in order to infer a logical conclusion measuring poverty. An application based on individual well-being data from Tunisian households in 2010 is presented to illustrate use of proposed concepts.