Evaluation of Influenza Intervention Strategies in Turkey with Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR

Samanlıoğlu, Funda

doi:10.1155/2019/9486070

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“…An AHP-based approach was used to evaluate priority for the standardization of traditional medicine and included variables such as technology evolution, political importance, and economic efficiency [ 18 ]. Finally, a fuzzy AHP-VIKOR (f-visekriterijumska optimizacija i kompromisno resenje) method was proposed to help decision makers prioritize intervention strategies in influenza and for influenza vaccine selection using a different set of criteria [ 40 ].…”

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A Novel Vaccine Selection Decision-Making Model (VSDMM) for COVID-19

Abdelwahab

Issa

2021

Vaccines

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Selecting a vaccine for fighting a pandemic is one of the serious issues in healthcare. Novel decision models for vaccine selection need to be developed. In this study, a novel vaccine selection decision-making model (VSDMM) was proposed and developed, based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) technique, which assesses many alternatives (vaccines) using multi-criteria to support decision making. To feed data to the VSDMM, six coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) vaccines were selected in a case study to highlight the applicability of the proposed model. Each vaccine was compared to the others with respect to six criteria and all criteria were compared to calculate the relative weights. The proposed criteria include (1) vaccine availability; (2) vaccine formula; (3) vaccine efficacy; (4) vaccine-related side effects; (5) cost savings, and (6) host-related factors. Using the selected criteria, experts responded to questions and currently available COVID-19 vaccines were ranked according to their weight in the model. A sensitivity analysis was introduced to assess the model robustness and the impacts of changing criteria weights on the results. The VSDMM is flexible in terms of its ability to accept more vaccine alternatives and/or more criteria. It could also be applied to other current or future pandemics/epidemics in the world. In conclusion, this is the first report to propose a VSDMM for selecting the most suitable vaccines in pandemic/epidemic situations or any other situations in which vaccine selection and usage may be deemed necessary.

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A Novel Vaccine Selection Decision-Making Model (VSDMM) for COVID-19

Abdelwahab

Issa

2021

Vaccines

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“…Sir and Batur Sir [ 11 ] evaluated nonpharmacological treatment options for patients with chronic cancer pain by an MCDM procedure. Samanlioglu [ 12 ] tried to determine the best intervention strategies for influenza using fuzzy AHP and fuzzy VIKOR. Besides, there are some recent studies on decision-making [ 13 ] and optimization [ 14 ] within the focus on COVID-19 disease.…”

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Pain Treatment Evaluation in COVID-19 Patients with Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Multicriteria Decision-Making

Sir

Sir²

2021

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a worldwide pandemic since March 2020. Although most patients complain of moderate or severe pain, these symptoms are generally underestimated and appropriate treatment is not applied. This study aims to guide physicians in selecting and ranking various alternatives for the treatment of pain in COVID-19 patients. However, the choice of treatment for pain requires the consideration of many different conflicting criteria. Therefore, we have studied this problem as a multicriteria decision-making problem. Throughout the solution procedure, first, the criteria and subcriteria affecting the preferences are defined. Then, weight values are determined with respect to these criteria, as they have different degrees of importance for the problem. At this stage, hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets (HFLTSs) are used, and thus, experts can convey their ideas more accurately. In this first phase of the study, an HFLTS integrated Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is utilized. Subsequently, possible treatment alternatives are evaluated by using the Vise Kriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) method. According to the results obtained by considering expert evaluations, the most preferred treatment is the administration of paracetamol, followed by interventional treatments, opioids, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), respectively. With this study, it is ensured that a more accurate method is followed by eliminating possible mistakes due to the subjective evaluations of experts in the process of determining pain treatment. This method can also be used in different patient and disease groups.

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“…Furthermore, VIKOR model can also be utilized to rank the decision alternatives and determine the compromise solution that is the closest to the positive ideal solution (PIS) and farthest from the negative ideal solution (NIS). AHP-VIKOR model has been widely applied in the field of design concept evaluation [19], simulation software package [20], influenza intervention strategies [21], green design alternatives [22], hotel industry [23], global supplier selection [24], and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components [25].…”

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Analysis on the e-Learning Method in Malaysia with AHP-VIKOR Model

Siew

Hoe

Fai

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IJIET

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A lot of educational institutions are facing the problem in conducting the physical classes due to COVID-19 pandemic recently. Therefore, most of the medium of teaching has been changed from a face-to-face method to online teaching. These changes may create some challenges to the students as well as the teachers or lecturers. In fact, different learning methods have their own strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the preference of E-learning method among the undergraduate students based on multiple criteria. This study determines the priority of decision criteria in the selection of learning methods among the undergraduate students using Analytic Hierarchy Process-VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (AHP-VIKOR) model. The decision criteria that considered in this study are quality management system, information quality, flexibility, learning and teaching as well as attractiveness. Besides, blended learning, distance learning, and e-learning are identified as the alternatives of the learning methods as well as the most preferred learning method is determined in this study. The results of this study show that the most preferred learning method among undergraduate students is E-learning, followed by distance learning, and finally blended learning. Flexibility, information quality, and quality management system are ranked as the top three influential decision criteria. The significance of this study is to determine the most preferred learning method as well as the most influential decision criteria in the selection of learning methods among undergraduate students with AHP-VIKOR model.

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Evaluation of Influenza Intervention Strategies in Turkey with Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR

Cited by 18 publications

References 61 publications

A Novel Vaccine Selection Decision-Making Model (VSDMM) for COVID-19

A Novel Vaccine Selection Decision-Making Model (VSDMM) for COVID-19

Pain Treatment Evaluation in COVID-19 Patients with Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Multicriteria Decision-Making

Analysis on the e-Learning Method in Malaysia with AHP-VIKOR Model

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