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Choice of a Strategy of Regional ICT-management. Cognitive Paradigm
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DOI : 10.5121/ijmit.2013.5303 17
A research article
Choice of a Strategy of Regional ICT-
management. Cognitive Paradigm
Robert A. Karayev
Institute of Cybernetics of National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan
karayevr@rambler.ru
ABSTRACT
One of the topical problems of post-industrial (information) economy, the problem of the choosing a
strategy of regional ICT-management is considered. We note the difficulties in solving of the problem
caused by its complex ill-structured character that limit possibilities of applying the known methods of
economic-mathematical modeling and decision-making. Methodology of cognitive support that opens up
new possibilities for overcoming these difficulties is proposed.
KEYWORDS:
Regional ICT-management, Strategy, Cognitive Paradigm
1. Introduction
The modern concept of post-industrial economy puts information and communications
technology (ICT)1
among the major factors stimulating economic growth of a country as a
whole and its separate entities, first of all, regional level entities [16, 17]. However, in actual
practice, this theoretical proposition is faced with numerous difficulties caused by real
conditions and real capacity of specific regions [13], such as lack of developed ICT
infrastructure, lack of ICT management skills in the management of enterprises (mainly, small
and medium-sized enterprises), unfavorable investment policy of regional authorities in the field
of ICT, insufficient reliability and safety of ICT infrastructure, poorly predictable dynamics of
macroeconomic environment, etc.
Therefore, the problem of the adequate choice of a regional ICT management (RIM) strategy
that takes into account a region’s characteristics in terms of strategic priorities and goals of
regional development (GDP and labor productivity growth, increases in a region’s
competitiveness, quality of life of its population, etc.) has a great practical importance.
Scientific support of the problem in the present extremely complicated conditions is commonly
faced with the problem of ambiguity (incomplete and unreliable statistics, hyperturbulent
macro-environment, globalization of economy, multifactor and non-linear nature of economic
impact of ICT, etc.) that practically rules out the possibility of using the known methods of
economic-mathematic modeling and decision-making [7].
Cognitive modeling methodology, which is being developed actively in the theory of
management of complex ill-structured systems, opens new prospects for solving the problem [4,
18].
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2. Cognitive modeling methodology
Cognitive modeling methodology is based on explication and formalization of expert subjective
representations (mental models [11, 18]) of a controlled problem situation (PS) and includes:
(a) methods for cognitive-targeted structuring of expert knowledge of PS,
(b) tools for formalized representation of expert knowledge in the form of a cognitive map
of PS,
(c) methods for cognitive map analysis (modeling experimentation on the cognitive map)
aimed at solving practical problems of PS management.
A classical cognitive map is a directed graph (F, W), where F is the vertex set of essential
(basic) factors of the controlled PS (target factors, controllable and uncontrollable factors of PS,
external environment), W is the arc set of cause-and-effect relationship between situation
factors. At that, the ordered set of linguistic values Z and a scale representing these values at a
points of the numerical axis are specified for each factor of F, φ : Zi →Fi.
Diversity of cognitive maps is defined by various methods of assignment of factor scores and
cause-and-effect relationship between them. The following types of cognitive maps are
distinguished based on these criteria: sign cognitive maps, weighted cognitive maps, rule based
cognitive maps (RBCM).
Cognitive maps serve as a tool for structuring and formalization of PS and a tool for their
applied analysis. At present, there are the following basic analysis methods:
• impact analysis methods aimed at determining the sign and impact force between any
pair of factors,
• methods for prediction of PS states in the self-development mode (the situation
develops by itself, following the course of the current trends, without control actions),
• methods for prediction of PS states in the controlled development mode,
• methods for searching the optimal (in one way or another) strategy of PS management.
Methods of analysis allow one to conduct modeling experiments on a cognitive map for the
purpose of solving applied management problems, specifically, the priority problem of the
modern management practice – the problem of forming the strategy of PS management. This
problem is investigated in detailed in the paper [1] by the members of the Institute of
Management Problems, the leading scientific research institute of the Russian Academy of
Sciences in the field of cognitive technologies. The authors propose a general method for
forming the strategy of cognitive management of social-economic systems constituting a wide
class of ill-structured systems.
3. Methodology for cognitive modeling of regional ICT management
strategies
3.1. Key principles.
The first attempts to apply the “general method” in regional informatization projects revealed its
significant limitations. Those limitations are mainly caused by the following circumstances:
1. The specifics of the key problem of cognitive modeling – the problem of generation of the
cognitive map of RIM that to a large extend defines the authenticity of the modeling procedure.
The generally accepted orientation on expert mental models proved to be inefficient in the case
of RIM. RIM specifics rule out the possibility of generating a cognitive map only by way of
active interaction with regional experts. The correct solving of the problem requires
involvement of knowledge not only of local experts but of the entire fund of RIM problem
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knowledge accumulated in the international and local practice.
2. F. Roberts’s apparatus for linear dynamic systems used in [1] for modeling the dynamics of
situation development, unfortunately, does not allow modeling the entire variety of non-linear
(non-monotonic) interfactorial relationships that arise in real informatization projects
(multiplicative relationships, feedbacks, time-lags, threshold effects, etc.).
3. The mechanism of formation of PS management strategies [1] using the step-by-step
“situation-solution” algorithm implements not the strategic management style but the reactive
one and cannot be used for generating RIM strategies in real non-monotonic environments.
More complex algorithms, such as “situation-strategy-solution” algorithms, are required for this
type of environment.
The stated circumstances challenged developing a special version of cognitive modeling
methodology based on:
1) a problem-oriented cognitive map for modeling of RIM strategies and
2) an apparatus for modeling of non-linear (non-monotonic) dynamics of that map.
3.2. Cognitive map of RIM strategy.
Ideologically, the developed map is based on the conceptual model of the economic impact of
ICT proposed by the analysts of Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) [12]. The EIU model was
developed following the results of the empirical research conducted in 60 countries (26
developed and 34 developing countries), a survey of over 100 senior executives from 18
industries, in-depth interviews with major European politicians, business leaders and prominent
academics. The EIU model establishes the conceptual relationship between the economic
growth of a region and a number of key (for the time being) informatization problems. The
fundamental theses of the EIU model can be represented as follows:
Thesis 1
There is a close connection between ICT and economic growth in the developed countries,
while in the developing countries, the impact of ICT is relatively low.
Thesis 2
ICT can facilitate economic growth if business conditions are sufficiently favorable in the
region, if the region’s economy is open and if the “oil” factor is not dominant in it (the “Dutch
disease”).
Thesis 3
The impact of ICT on economic growth is of a specific non-linear nature that is illustrated by
the chart in Fig. 1. The chart was built after non-ICT growth determinants, such as “quality of
business environment” in a region, “management level” in a region, etc., have been controlled
for.
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Figure 1. Relationship between ICT development and GDP per capita growth (Europe, US)
Source: EIU
The U-shape of the relationship indicates that:
1) at low levels of ICT development (the downward sloping part of the curve), the various costs
and disruptions caused by the introduction of ICT outweigh the benefits – any increases in ICT
development level are actually associated with a decline in the GDP per capita growth rate;
2) above a certain level of ICT development (the upward sloping part of the curve), network
effects from some minimum mass of ICT in the economy and the experience derived from
earlier ICT development mean that the benefits of increasing ICT outweigh the costs – increases
in the ICT development index are clearly associated with the increased GDP per capita growth.
Thesis 4
ICT begins to deliver GDP per capita growth only after a certain threshold of development is
reached (threshold hypothesis). This threshold is indicated by a dotted line in the chart and
corresponds to the ICT development index of 5 (on a 1-10 scale).
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Thesis 5
Development and use of ICT begin to influence the economic growth only after a certain
adjustment period (the time-lag hypothesis). This assumption of EIU corroborates the popular
opinion that there is a certain time-lag before the information factor takes effect.
Thesis 6
GDP per capita growth rate in the upward sloping part of the curve depends on a number of key
factors (ICT-related factors that manifest themselves to a different extent in different regions)
that are most likely to enable fulfilling ICT- potential of a region and, consequently, GDP per
capita growth. Those key factors are:
1) affordability of ICT; 2) access to broadband networks; 3) free competition in the
telecommunications market; 4) reliability and security of ICT infrastructure; 5) the
government's role (financial, customs and tax incentives for ICT, extent of censorship); 6)
legislature and law enforcement covering the use of the Internet; 7) ICT skills of managers of
enterprises (mainly small and medium-size ones) and the population; 8) a measure of the quality
of ICT supporting services.
Obviously, the list of key factors can be modified according to the conditions of specific
regions.
In terms of Theses 1-6, the EIU analysts [12] define regional ICT-management as
management of a region’s key factors aimed at encouragement of the long-term economic
impact of ICT. Therefore, the problem of RIM strategy development can be interpreted as a
search of a mutually agreed sequence of strategic steps providing such management of the
named key factors that would deliver the desired economic growth with regard to the structural
peculiarities of the EIU model, interfactorial relationship characteristic of the region and the
possible dynamics (scenarios) of development of a region’s environment.
Theses 1-6 essentially define the conceptual prerequisites for solving this problem.
We have generated a cognitive map of RIM in the format of a special RBCM representing the
non-monotonic logic of interfactorial relationship that arises during the integration of ICT in the
economy of regions. The structural scheme of the map is given in Figure 2.
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IDI – ICT Development Index,
С1, С2, С3 – sub-indices of IDI: C1 – ICT access sub-index, C2 – ICT use sub-index,
C3 – ICT skills sub-index,
∆ GDP p/c – the share of GDP p/c, caused by impact of ICT,
BCI– business conditions in the region,
OFT– oil factor,
OTP – openness of trade policy in the region (Sachs-Warner index),
M, R, I, C, G, S – controlled factors of RBCM of RIM.
Figure 2. The structural scheme of the RBCM of RIM
3.2.1. The basic factors of the RBCM.
• The target factor: “Regional economic growth index” (EGI); the aggregative “Regional
economic development index” that includes a number of primary indicators such as “standard of
living”, “employment”, “labor productivity”, etc. can also be used as a target;
• External environment factors: “Business conditions index” (BCI), “Openness of trade policy
in the region” (OTP), “Oil factor” (OFT);
• “Regional ICT development index” (IDI);
• Controlled factors (CF) that regulate the impact ICT on the economic growth rate; they are the
indicators listed in Tesis 6, requiring regional biding everywhere by inclusion of such factors as
“digital crime level”, “education level”, “law efficiency in the field of information”, “digital
inequality” of subregions, etc.
EGI, BCI, OTP and IDI can be assessed qualitatively by experts but if the required primary
indicators are available, they can be estimated at points in the form of aggregative indices.
Oil factor OFT is a fictitious index assuming value 1 for the regions of major oil exporters and
value 0 for other regions.
Production network of regional
RBCM-map
Inference mechanism
∆ GDP
p/c
S
M R I C
BCI OFT OTP
IDI
ID
С
С
С
…
- fragments of RBCM of 1-st level,
- fragments of RBCM of 2-nd level,
- RBCM of RIM (3-rd level)
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3.2.2. Production network of the RBCM.
The production network of the RBCM describes the entire set of interfactorial relationships
defined by the EIU model, also considering the time-lag in the response of some controlled
factors, such as mastering of ICT management skills on the part of an enterprise’s executives,
development and introduction of tax and regulatory and legal framework of e-commerce,
introduction of unified network security standards, etc.
The rule base of the production network includes productions with logical operators: “AND”,
“OR”, “priority AND”, “threshold AND”, “AND with a time-lag”
3.2.3. Factor values assessment scale and interfactorial relationships.
Values of the factors of the cognitive map, as well as the cause-and-effect relationship
characterizing the strength and the sign of impact of some factors on other factors, are assigned
by means of the unified linguistic scale given in Table 1.
Table 1. The linguistic scale for assessment of values (activity levels) of F factors and the strength of
interaction W of factors of the cognitive map
F, W Linguistic values (Z) Point
s
0 DOES_NOT_CHANGE | DOES_NOT_IMPACT 0
0,1 VERY_LOW | VERY_POOR | VERY_WEAK 0-1
0,3 LOW | POOR | WEAK 2-3
0,5 AVERAGE | MODERATE 4-5
0,7 HIGH | GOOD | STRONG 6-7
0,9 VERY_HIGH | VERY_GOOD | VERY_STRONG 8-10
0,2; 0,4; 0,6; 0,8 – intermediate values
Notes:
1. For the factors that can be estimated quantitatively, each linguistic value is put in
correspondence with the value of a factor from the “object scale”, e.g.: “GDP per capita”
VERY_LOW – below 500 s.u.(0.1), LOW – from 500 to 1 000 s.u. (0.3), AVERAGE – from 1
000 to 3 000 s.u. (0.5), HIGH – from 3 000 to 7 000 s.u. (0.7), VERY_HIGH – over 7 000 s.u.
(0.9).
2. The scale is built for a specific region for a specific period of time (horizon of
analysis).
3.3. The mechanism for modeling the RBCM dynamics.
A mechanism for modeling the RBCM dynamics (inference mechanism) based on the
arrangement of the multilevel non-monotonic conclusion [10]. Theoretically, the mechanism is
based on the fuzzy production dynamics model proposed by Prof. G.S. Osipov (Institute of
Systems Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences) [9]. The situation network, registering the set
of hypothetically possible alternative RIM strategies, is built for three alternative development
scenarios for the environment – inertial, pessimistic and optimistic, and contains some
(probabilistic) metric for assessment of admissible transition of PS from one state into another.
The mechanism allows one to carry out:
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(a) dynamic scenario prediction of PS development in the self-development mode and the
controlled development mode;
(b) search of the optimal RIM strategy (quasi-optimal strategies) based on the “backward
wave” algorithm that implements the basic principle of strategic management – “management
from the desired future to the present”.
A “research prototype” (conventional for building knowledge-based models) of the cognitive
model of RIM strategy has been developed for the moment.
4. Example
We give the results of solving the demo problem of selecting a RIM strategy as an example.
4.1. The basic characteristics of RBCM of RIM
Basic factors of RBCM (factor semantics according to [13]).
Target factor: “GDP per capita” (GDP p/c)
External environment factors:
BCI. “Business conditions in the region”,
OTP. “Openness of trade policy in the region” (Sachs-Warner index),
OFT. “Oil factor”.
IDI. “ICT development index” ([8]).
Controlled factors:
M. “ICT management skills” at the enterprises of the region.
R. “Improvement of R&D” in the field of ICT.
I. “Innovation culture” (financial and credit support, tax incentives for innovation and
entrepreneurship in the field of ICT, access to venture capital).
C. “Competition in the telecommunications market”.
G. “Government’s participation in the introduction of ICT”.
S. “Security of ICT infrastructure” (unified network security standards, efficient standard
authentication protocols and technical security of resources of physical and legal entities).
Original state (S0) of PS (on the linguistic scale in Table 1):
BCI=0.9; IDI = 0.5; OTP = 0.9; OFT = 0.9, M = 0.1; R = 0.3; I = 0.1; C = 0.3; G = 0.5; S = 0.3;
GDP p/c = 0.5.
4.2. Problem statement
Scenario.The environment of the region (BCI, IDI, OTP, OFT factors) is favorable for
increasing the growth rate of the target factor (GDP p/c) by introducing ICT. S, M and I
(established following the results of SWOT&PEST-analysis of the region) are taken as the
priority controlled factors that can encourage the impact of ICT on GDP p/c.
The problem of choosing a RIM strategy is to find a sequence of actions on the controlled
factors that would allow increasing GDP p/c growth rate from MODERATE (the original value
of the target factor is 0.5) to VERY_HIGH (the desired value of the target factor is 0.9).
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0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1
1 2 3 4 5
Time
V
alues
of
controlled
factors
S M I
0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1
1 2 3 4 5
Time
G
D
P
per
capita
GDP p/c
4.3. Modeling results.
Such management obtained by solving the problem is given in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Dynamic scenario analysis cognitive map of RIM.
The left side of Fig. 3 represents the dynamics of activity in the nodes “Security of ICT
infrastructure” (S), “ICT management skills” (M) and “Innovation culture” (I), which improve
successively with the course of time (activity in those nodes rising). The result of such
management is increase in GDP p/c growth rate – from MODERATE (0.5) to VERY_HIGH
(0.9) (the right side of Fig. 3). It is clear from Fig. 3 that such increase in GDP p/c growth rate
requires raising the intensity of all three controlled factors but in a different sequence and in a
different measure. First of all, “Security of ICT infrastructure” should be significantly
increased (for instance, by introducing the unified network security standards, reliable
regulatory and legal and technical measures for protection of intellectual property – Internet
payment systems, digital identities, digital contracts, etc.). The principal efforts should be aimed
at the leading growth of that factor; the increase in its growth rate should be fastest and highest
(above 0.9) by the end of imitation period.
The remaining controlled factors are distributed in the following way based on the degree of
their impact on the result. The second most significant factor is “ICT management skills”. In the
beginning of the imitation period, the activity rate of this factor is somewhat inferior to that of
“Security of ICT infrastructure” but significantly superior to “Innovation culture”. To achieve
the target result (increase in GDP p/c growth rate), attention should be paid to “Innovation
culture” no sooner than on the third step of imitation, after the initial GDP p/c growth rate is
achieved. Requirements to the activity of “Innovation culture” can be brought down again after
the fourth step of imitation (after that moment, growth rate of activity of “ICT management
skills” and “Innovation culture” become equal).
5. Experience of cognitive modeling of RIM strategies
The series of modeling experiments was carried out on the RBCM “research prototype”, using
the monitoring data [5, 6] obtained for three leading economic regions of the Azerbaijan
Republic. The work was conducted with participation of the specialists from the Department for
the Information Society Development of the Ministry of Communications and Informational
Technologies of the Azerbaijan Republic, employees of the Institute of Cybernetics of the
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and a group of experts from the consulting company
USTAD LLC.
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The development of the cognitive map required extensive and laborious work including the
investigation of the local conditions of informatization and overcoming the difficulties
associated with the traps of expert knowledge explication [3, 12], which usually stay beyond the
model design in most theoretical publications.
In developing the RIM situational network, we used the methods of SWOT&PEST analysis and
scenario planning, SMART principles and “Seven Steps” strategy [19].
Cognitive modeling of RIM did not yield trivial or absurd results. In a number of cases, it
allows forming unobvious alternative strategies, which usually proved to be better than the
strategies proposed by ICT project managers.
Cognitive modeling did not require major computer resources (the minimum resources of a desk
calculator can be used) or heavy expenses. The latter did not exceed a small fraction of a percent
of regional ICT budgets, which is much less than potential damage associated with the lack of
cognitive development of strategies.
6. Conclusion
1. The world practice demonstrates [13, 16] that high rates of investment in ICT and wide
application of ICT as such do not secure acceleration of economic growth. According to the
OECD estimates [19], in the present conditions of the information boom, regions can invest
excessively in ICT either in an effort to compensate the lack of skills or due to the lack of a
clear market strategy for informatization. There was no full understanding of the importance of
such strategies for solving the problems of post-industrial regional development until the recent
years.
2. Cognitive modeling of RIM creates prerequisites for developing strategies in terms of the
modern management science and the international experience that formed at the intersection of
business analytics, information and communications technology and cognitive technologies.
3. In our opinion, the proposed cognitive RIM model can be regarded as a significantly
expanded EIU model that brings strategic analysis closer to the reality of the current economic
practice – lack of reliable statistics, interaction of factors of internal and external environment,
hyperturbulence of the macro-environment.
4. Academically, cognitive models can apparently be regarded as a new (probably unique)
set of DSS-tools that provides support of “nondisjunctive” logic of strategy developers [2, 4],
which is impossible for the known models based on conventional (“disjunctive”) mathematical
calculations, including L. Zadeh’s fuzzy logic [2, p. 27, 31, 53].
5. The US National Science Foundation, under whose auspices most of scientific research is
carried out in the USA, issued a report [14] in 2006, predicting science development in the next
50 years. The report titled “NBIC Convergence” (N - Nanotechnology, B - Biotechnology, I -
Information technology, and C - Cognitive science) defined the principal trends of the world
science for decades to come.
The information technology revolution began as early as in the 1960s; the rapid progress of
biotechnology unfolded in the 1990s and the progress of nanotechnology in the beginning of
this century. Today, cognitive technologies begin to develop rapidly, forming the new
“cognitive paradigm” of strategic management, in particular, strategic ICT-management, which
we used as an example to demonstrate the applied possibilities of those technologies.
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Note
1
According to the World Bank, ICT consists of the hardware, software, networks, and media for the
collection, storage, processing, transmission and presentation of information (voice, data, text, images), as
well as related services.
(http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTINFORMATIONANDCOMMUNICATI
ONANDTECHNOLOGIES/0,,contentMDK:21035032~menuPK:282850~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062
~theSitePK:282823~isCURL:Y,00.html#I)
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Author
Robert A. Karayev is Professor at the Institute of Cybernetics of National Academy of Sciences of
Azerbaijan. His research interests are in information and cognitive technologies. He has more than 190
publications.
Figure 1. Relationship between ICT development and GDP per capita growth (Europe, US)
Source: EIU
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0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1
1 2 3 4 5
Time
Values
of
controlled
factors
S M I
0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
0,6
0,7
0,8
0,9
1
1 2 3 4 5
Time
GDP
per
capita
GDP p/c
Figure 2. The structural scheme of the RBCM of RIM
IDI – ICT Development Index,
С1, С2, С3 – sub-indices of IDI: C1 – ICT access sub-index, C2 – ICT use sub-index,
C3 – ICT skills sub-index,
∆ GDP p/c – the share of GDP p/c, caused by impact of ICT,
BCI– business conditions in the region,
OFT– oil factor,
OTP – openness of trade policy in the region (Sachs-Warner index),
M, R, I, C, G, S – controlled factors of RBCM of RIM.
Figure 3. Dynamic scenario analysis cognitive map of RIM
Production network of regional
RBCM-map
Inference mechanism
∆ GDP p/c
S
M R I C
BCI OFT OTP
IDI
IDI
С2
С3
С1
…
- fragments of RBCM of 1-st level,
- fragments of RBCM of 2-nd level,
- RBCM of RIM (3-rd level)
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Table 1. The linguistic scale for assessment of values (activity levels) of F factors and the strength of
interaction W of factors of the cognitive map
F,
W
Linguistic values (Z) Point
s
0 DOES_NOT_CHANGE | DOES_NOT_IMPACT 0
0,1 VERY_LOW | VERY_POOR | VERY_WEAK 0-1
0,3 LOW | POOR | WEAK 2-3
0,5 AVERAGE | MODERATE 4-5
0,7 HIGH | GOOD | STRONG 6-7
0,9 VERY_HIGH | VERY_GOOD | VERY_STRONG 8-
10
0,2; 0,4; 0,6; 0,8 – intermediate values
Notes:
1. For the factors that can be estimated quantitatively, each linguistic value is put in
correspondence with the value of a factor from the “object scale”, e.g.: “GDP per capita”
VERY_LOW – below 500 s.u.(0.1), LOW – from 500 to 1 000 s.u. (0.3), AVERAGE – from 1
000 to 3 000 s.u. (0.5), HIGH – from 3 000 to 7 000 s.u. (0.7), VERY_HIGH – over 7 000 s.u.
(0.9).
2. The scale is built for a specific region for a specific period of time (horizon of
analysis).