Comparing of modified distance-based Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS, VIKOR, and CODAS methods: An application to material selection for chest compression device

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These methods aim to rank and select the most suitable alternatives by considering several conflicting criteria. In this study, a new IF selection metric suggested as an alternative to Euclidean and Taxicab distance functions, has been adapted to IF TOPSIS, IF VIKOR methods, and IF CODAS methods, which are distance-based MCDM methods. This comparative analysis has been effectively applied to an MCDM problem of ranking material alternatives of a chest compression device body to comprehensively evaluate the impact of this selection metric on different methods. The ranking results reveal that the new selection metric can be used in any distance-based MCDM method. The findings derived from the methods above indicate that the most suitable material for the chest compression device body is PC/ABS FR with a Flame Retardant (FR) feature created by blending Polycarbonate (PC) and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS). Intuitionistic fuzzy sets TOPSIS VIKOR CODAS material selection Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 12 Dec, 2025 Read the published version in Soft Computing → Version 1 posted Reviewers agreed at journal 02 May, 2025 Reviewers invited by journal 01 May, 2025 Editor invited by journal 27 Apr, 2025 Editor assigned by journal 28 Jan, 2025 First submitted to journal 18 Dec, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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