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A Decision‐Making Framework Using q‐Rung Orthopair Probabilistic Hesitant Fuzzy Rough Aggregation Information for the Drug Selection to Treat COVID‐19

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  • Attaullah
  • Shahzaib Ashraf
  • Noor Rehman
  • Hussain AlSalman
  • Abdu H. Gumaei

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In our current era, a new rapidly spreading pandemic disease called coronavirus disease (COVID‐19), caused by a virus identified as a novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2), is becoming a crucial threat for the whole world. Currently, the number of patients infected by the virus is expanding exponentially, but there is no commercially available COVID‐19 medication for this pandemic. However, numerous antiviral drugs are utilized for the treatment of the COVID‐19 disease. Identification of the appropriate antivirus medicine to treat the infection of COVID‐19 is still a complicated and uncertain decision. This study’s key objective is to develop a novel approach called q‐rung orthopair probabilistic hesitant fuzzy rough set (q‐ROPHFRS), which incorporates the q‐rung orthopair fuzzy set, probabilistic hesitant fuzzy set, and rough set structures. New q‐ROPHFR aggregation operators have been established: the q‐ROPHFR Einstein weighted averaging (q‐ROPHFREWA) operator and the q‐ROPHFR Einstein weighted geometric (q‐ROPHFREWG) operator. In this study, we explored some basic features of the developed operators. Afterward, to demonstrate the viability and feasibility of the established decision‐making approach in real‐world applications, a case study related to selecting drugs for COVID‐19 pandemic is addressed. Furthermore, a comprehensive comparison with the q‐rung orthopair probabilistic hesitant fuzzy rough TOPSIS technique is also presented to illustrate the benefits of the new framework. The obtained results confirm the reliability and effectiveness of the proposed approach for finding uncertainty in real‐world decision‐making.

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  • Attaullah & Shahzaib Ashraf & Noor Rehman & Hussain AlSalman & Abdu H. Gumaei, 2022. "A Decision‐Making Framework Using q‐Rung Orthopair Probabilistic Hesitant Fuzzy Rough Aggregation Information for the Drug Selection to Treat COVID‐19," Complexity, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2022(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:complx:v:2022:y:2022:i:1:n:5556309
    DOI: 10.1155/2022/5556309
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