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Observed social 0 – No observed social impact, most likely because there has
Social impact impact of drones never been any drone commercial projects before Same score as the
through job 0.5 – Short-term impact
creation, 1 – Observed social impact through improvement of people indicator score
investment* welfare (health), preservation of the environment, etc.
* From various online sources like news articles and blogs

If the utility (sub-indices) were assumed to have equal weight, the Table 2. Summary of the swing weighting approach for weight
DRI becomes: assignment

Attribute swing Consequence to Rank Rate Weight
= � + + & + + & + ℎ + from worst to compare
+ + �/9 (2) best

Benchmark all scores low 10 0 0/510 =
(Worst 0
Alternative)

Regulations All scores low 2 90 90/510
except regulations = 0.16
Investment All scores low 3 80 80/510
except Investments = 0.14
Research and All scores low 8 40 40/510
development except R&D = 0.07
Local capacity All scores low 7 40 40/510
and facilities except local = 0.07
capacity building
and drone facilities

Fig. 2. Weights of the various attributes of the DRI Communication All scores low 1 100 100/510
and energy except = 0.18
communication and
energy
Technology All scores low 9 20 20/510
except technology = 0.04
in use

Drones projects All scores low 4 80 80/510
except drones = 0.14
projects

Economic impact All scores low 5 60 60/510
expect economic = 0.11
impact
Social impact All scores low 6 60 60/510
except social = 0.11
impact
Fig. 3. Proposed Drone Readiness index per country

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