Mejda Bouanani

• Doctor of Business Administration
• Professor (Assistant) at Taif University

Poverty is a multidimensional one, which means that the poor can suffer multiple disadvantages at the same time. This paper aims to further develop and refine the multidimensional poverty measure using Fuzzy Sets Theory (FST). The application of FST starts with properly conveying the realities of attributes inequality and poverty proposing appropri...

One of the objectives in modeling is to have a simple model to explain a complex phenomenon. In this paper, we propose a mathematical modeling said fuzzy of a linear regression model and we establish consistency of model estimators. The fuzzy modeling approach demonstrated here resolves vagueness in the behavior of input and output variables. It ke...

The Gini index (Gini in Variabilità e mutabilità: contributo allo studio delle distribuzioni e delle relazioni statistiche, Studi Economico-Giuridici, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza della Regia Università di Cagliari, anno III, parte II, Cuppini, Bologna, 1912) is the oldest and famous inequality measure. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages...

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam; it is compulsory for all the well‐off Muslims and is given to the needy. This study examines Zakat's impact on poverty in Tunisia. Using simulated data of individuals from Tunisian household surveys in 2010 and 2015, we measure the effect of Zakat to reduce poverty. This study uses the Fuzzy Approach to co...

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam, which is compulsory to all the well-off Muslims, and it is given to the needy. It is used to fight poverty. This study examines Zakat’s impact on poverty in Tunisia. Using simulated data of individual well-being from Tunisian household survey in 2010, the potential importance of the Zakat to struggle with...