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ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2025

An intelligent multi-attribute decision-making system for clinical assessment of spinal cord disorder using fuzzy hypersoft rough approximations.

Muhammad Abdullah, Khuram Ali Khan, Atiqe Ur Rahman

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  1. Smart assistive technologies for neurodisorders: A review on AI, IoT, and wearable systems for enhanced patient care.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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Muhammad AbdullahDepartment of Mathematics, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan.
Khuram Ali KhanDepartment of Mathematics, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan. khuram.ali@uos.edu.pk.
Atiqe Ur RahmanDepartment of Mathematics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan.

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The data for diagnosing spinal cord disorder (SCD) are complex and often confusing, making it difficult for established diagnostic techniques to yield reliable results. This issue frequently necessitates expensive testing to get an accurate diagnosis. However, the diagnostic process can be enhanced by integrating theoretical frameworks that resemble fuzzy sets, which better manage complexity and uncertainty. This integration reduces the frequency of expensive diagnostic procedures, improving the effectiveness of decision-making. The goal of this work is to present lower and upper approximations for fuzzy hypersoft sets, which employ multi-argument-based parameters to improve the traditional lower and upper approximations of fuzzy sets and soft sets. An intelligent mechanism for decision assistance is established by proposing a robust algorithm, that is based on the proposed approximations. To validate the proposed algorithm, a prototype case study for the clinical diagnosis of SCD is discussed. The criteria are further refined by using pertinent sub-criteria, such as functional ability, imaging data, and neurological status criteria. Medical professionals would find the suggested approximations to be a very helpful tool as the results indicate that they could greatly improve diagnosis. This study contributes to the field of medical diagnostics by providing a sophisticated multi-criteria analytical tool that can manage the complexity and inherent ambiguity of SCD diagnosis.

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AlgorithmsClinical Decision-MakingDecision Support Systems, ClinicalFuzzy LogicSpinal Cord DiseasesHumansClinical assessmentFuzzy hypersoft setMedical informaticsMulti-attribute decision-makingRough approximationsSpinal cord disorder

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