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

Author

Samanlioglu, Funda

Source

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-11-19

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Public Health
Medicine

Abstract EN

In this study, a fuzzy AHP-VIKOR method is presented to help decision makers (DMs), especially physicians, evaluate and rank intervention strategies for influenza.

Selecting the best intervention strategy is a sophisticated multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem with potentially competing criteria.

Two fuzzy MCDM methods, fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (F-AHP) and fuzzy VIsekriterijumska optimizacija i KOmpromisno Resenje (F-VIKOR), are integrated to evaluate and rank influenza intervention strategies.

In fuzzy AHP-VIKOR, F-AHP is used to determine the fuzzy criteria weights and F-VIKOR is implemented to rank the strategies with respect to the presented criteria.

A case study is given where a professor of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, an internal medicine physician, an ENT physician, a family physician, and a cardiologist in Turkey act as DMs in the process.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Samanlioglu, Funda. 2019. Evaluation of Influenza Intervention Strategies in Turkey with Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR. Journal of Healthcare Engineering،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175467

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Samanlioglu, Funda. Evaluation of Influenza Intervention Strategies in Turkey with Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR. Journal of Healthcare Engineering No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175467

American Medical Association (AMA)

Samanlioglu, Funda. Evaluation of Influenza Intervention Strategies in Turkey with Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR. Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1175467

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1175467