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Comparative Analysis of Pythagorean MCDM Methods for the Risk Assessment of Childhood Cancer

Shaista Habib¹, Muhammad Akram^2,*, M. M. Ali Al-Shamiri³
1 School of Systems and Technology, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
2 Department of Mathematics, University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
3 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Arts, Mahayl Assir, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
* Corresponding Author: Muhammad Akram. Email:
(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Decision making Modeling, Methods and Applications of Advanced Fuzzy Theory in Engineering and Science)

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2023, 135(3), 2585-2615. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2023.024551

Received 01 June 2022; Accepted 10 August 2022; Issue published 23 November 2022

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is the leading cause of death for children in low and middle-income countries. Around 400,000 kids get diagnosed with this illness each year, and their survival rate depends on the country in which they live. In this article, we present a Pythagorean fuzzy model that may help doctors identify the most likely type of cancer in children at an early stage by taking into account the symptoms of different types of cancer. The Pythagorean fuzzy decision-making techniques that we utilize are Pythagorean Fuzzy TOPSIS, Pythagorean Fuzzy Entropy (PF-Entropy), and Pythagorean Fuzzy Power Weighted Geometric (PFPWG). Our model is fed with nineteen symptoms and it diagnoses the risk of eight types of cancers in children. We develop an algorithm for each method and calculate its complexity. Additionally, we consider an example to make a clear understanding of our model. We also compare the final results of various tests that prove the authenticity of this study.

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Keywords

Risk assessment; Pythagorean fuzzy sets; TOPSIS method; entropy; power weighted geometric operators

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