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Assessment of healthcare waste treatment methods using an interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy double normalization-based multiple aggregation approach

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  • Abdullah Al-Barakati

    (King Abdulaziz University)

  • Pratibha Rani

    (Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development)

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Healthcare waste management has been an extensively attractive topic recently since it is one of the key concerns regarding both environment and public health, predominantly in developing nations. The optimization of the treatment procedure for healthcare waste is indeed a complex “multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM)” problem that involves contradictory and interweaved critical criteria. To successfully handle this issue, this study extends the original method, named the “double normalization-based multi-aggregation (DNMA)” approach, with “interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IVIFSs)” for decision-making problems taking criteria in terms of benefit or cost types. This method involves two target-based normalizations and three subordinate utility models. To estimate the criteria weights, we propose a new parametric divergence measure and discuss the feasibility of the developed divergence measure based on existing divergence measures for IVIFSs. Further, the developed framework is implemented to elucidate the “healthcare waste treatment (HCWT)” problem. The comparative and sensitivity analyses of the outcomes indicate that the proposed approach efficiently tackles the problem of HCWT selection. The outcomes show that steam sterilization (0.462) is the optimal one for HCWT. The prioritization options, obtained by presented approach, are dependable and suitable, which are steam sterilization ≻ microwave ≻ incineration ≻ landfilling.

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  • Abdullah Al-Barakati & Pratibha Rani, 2024. "Assessment of healthcare waste treatment methods using an interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy double normalization-based multiple aggregation approach," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(8), pages 19397-19424, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:26:y:2024:i:8:d:10.1007_s10668-023-03154-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-03154-8
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