Fermatean fuzzy soft aggregation operators and their application in symptomatic treatment of COVID-19 (case study of patients identification)

ABSTRACT: The main focus of this paper is the application of aggregation operators (AOs) in the environment of Fermatean fuzzy soft sets (FFSS). The unique feature of the work is its application in the symptomatic treatment of the COVID-19 disease. For this purpose, the idea of FFSS is introduced which is based on the Senapati and Yagar’s Fermatean fuzzy set. Next we have defined Fermatean fuzzy soft aggregation operators (FFSAOs) like, Fermatean fuzzy soft weighted averaging (FFSWA) operator, Fermatean fuzzy soft ordered weighted averaging (FFSOWA) operator, Fermatean fuzzy soft weighted geometric (FFSWG) operator and Fermatean fuzzy soft ordered weighted geometric (FFSOWG). The prominent properties of these operators are given in details. We have also developed some approaches to solve multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problems in Fermatean fuzzy soft (FFS) information. An introduction to the novel pandemic, safety measures, and then its possible symptomatic treatment is also provided. The developed operators are utilized in the symptomatic treatment of COVID-19 disease in order to show the practical applications and importance of these AOs as well as Fermatean fuzzy soft information. The stability of the proposed work is also proved by the comparative analysis. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text]