COVID-19: A decision-making approach for prioritization of preventive activities

ABSTRACT

The inception, of COVID-19, has turned into pandemic and as a consequence infected cases and human deaths are increasing continuously day by day all around the globe. COVID-19 virus spreads directly from people to people. A lot, of remedial activities, identified by the WHO and other authorities have been suggested to the people to perform as presented in this work. Some of these activities have been selected for the study and a survey has been performed between the medical representatives and scientists for evaluating the impact of these activities on COVID-19 and with the help of impact, activities have been prioritized. An analytic hierarchy process-based approach has been used for evaluating the same and the activities have been ranked/prioritized in chronological order to their impact.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19
• prioritization
• AHP
• preventive activities
• social distancing

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes on contributors

Rohit Singh is working as Systems Engineer in Infosys Ltd. Bhubaneswar, India. He has completed his BTech in 2017. His area of interest is Fuzzy Set Theory, Neural Network, Mathematical Programming, Soft Computing Techniques, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Kano Model etc.

Shwetank Avikal is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, India. His area of interest is Kano Model, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Operation Research, Engineering Optimization, Assembly and Disassembly Line balancing, Fuzzy logic and Neural Network, Analytical Hierarchy Process etc.