Application of Neutrosophic Fuzzy Set for Efficient Placement of Health Centers for Marburg Virus

Abstract

The Ebola virus family has been accountable for the epidemic disease called Marburg virus disease, which has high fatality rates of up to 90%. Typically, health facilities deal with the afflicted persons while preventing the spread of infections. Therefore, temporary healthcare facilities are urged to treat the illness to stop the Marburg virus from spreading to other areas. The number of temporary health facilities that must be established in the impacted areas and the areas they serve are taken into consideration in this research. A savings heuristic is used to assign the temporary health centers to the afflicted regions, As for determining the weights of the affected sites, a single-valued neutrosophic fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making process is employed. The suggested neutrosophic fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making integrated saving heuristic approach is employed in conjunction with an efficient model. The results are thought to be advantageous for future multi-facility layout models.

Keywords: Marburg Virus; temporary health care centers; saving heuristic approach; neutrosophic fuzzy set.

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. 26A25; 26A35