Cosine Similarity Measure between Hybrid Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and Its Application in Medical Diagnosis

• Published in: Computational and mathematical methods in medicine 2018-01, Vol.2018 (2018), p.1-7
• Main Authors: Liu, Donghai, Peng, Dan, Chen, Xiaohong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Clinical Decision-Making - methods; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted - methods; Expert Systems; Fuzzy Logic; Humans; Mathematical Concepts
• ISSN: 1748-670X; 1748-6718
• DOI: 10.1155/2018/3146873

In this paper, a cosine similarity measure between hybrid intuitionistic fuzzy sets is proposed. The aim of the paper is to investigate the cosine similarity measure with hybrid intuitionistic fuzzy information and apply it to medical diagnosis. Firstly, we construct the cosine similarity measure between hybrid intuitionistic fuzzy sets, and the relevant properties are also discussed. In order to obtain a reasonable evaluation in group decision, the weight of experts under different attributes is determined by the projection of individual decision information on the ideal decision information, where the ideal decision information is the average values of each expert’s evaluation. Furthermore, we propose a decision method for medical diagnosis based on the cosine similarity measure between hybrid intuitionistic fuzzy sets, and the patient can be diagnosed with the disease according to the values of proposed cosine similarity measure. Finally, an example is given to illustrate feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed cosine similarity measure, which is also compared with the existing similarity measures.