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Table 9 Effect of the parameters \(p\) and \(\lambda\) on the ranking order for the medicine selection problem

From: Nonlinear distance measures under the framework of Pythagorean fuzzy sets with applications in problems of pattern recognition, medical diagnosis, and COVID-19 medicine selection

Values of \(p\) and \(\lambda\)

Generalized chordal distance

Non-Archimedean chordal distance

\(\left( {M_{1} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{2} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{3} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{4} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{5} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{6} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{1} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{2} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{3} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{4} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{5} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

\(\left( {M_{6} ,M^{*} } \right)\)

p = 1

\(\lambda = 0\)

0.3062

0.2912

0.2952

0.2683

0.0811

0.2559

0.9063

0.8209

0.8447

0.7830

0.6962

0.7254

\(\lambda = 0.4\)

0.7062

0.6700

0.6998

0.6202

0.2142

0.6175

\(\lambda = 0.6\)

0.4620

0.4342

0.4391

0.3999

0.1301

0.3726

\(\lambda = 0.8\)

0.2942

0.2747

0.2902

0.2624

0.0748

0.2326

\(\lambda = 1\)

0.1999

0.1864

0.1941

0.1796

0.0563

0.1690

Ranking

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

p = 2

\(\lambda = 0\)

0.3280

0.3049

0.3089

0.2985

0.1246

0.2757

0.9113

0.8261

0.8516

0.7848

0.7278

0.7349

\(\lambda = 0.4\)

0.7171

0.6836

0.7025

0.6219

0.4831

0.6197

\(\lambda = 0.6\)

0.4798

0.4431

0.4479

0.4080

0.2695

0.3729

\(\lambda = 0.8\)

0.4128

0.3978

0.4015

0.3942

0.1671

0.3749

\(\lambda = 1\)

0.2006

0.1882

0.1950

0.1831

0.1169

0.1744

Ranking

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

p = 5

\(\lambda = 0\)

0.3303

0.3180

0.3294

0.3099

0.1470

0.2958

0.9137

0.8338

0.8690

0.7936

0.7587

0.7609

\(\lambda = 0.4\)

0.7256

0.6934

0.7104

0.6297

0.5643

0.6272

\(\lambda = 0.6\)

0.4868

0.4455

0.4537

0.4087

0.2888

0.3838

\(\lambda = 0.8\)

0.4198

0.4072

0.4145

0.4008

0.1989

0.3804

\(\lambda = 1\)

0.2044

0.1936

0.1958

0.1839

0.1379

0.1799

Ranking

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

p = 10

\(\lambda = 0\)

0.3522

0.3313

0.3368

0.3195

0.1630

0.3015

0.9236

0.8392

0.8772

0.8008

0.7735

0.7767

\(\lambda = 0.4\)

0.7373

0.7056

0.7123

0.6393

0.5790

0.6325

\(\lambda = 0.6\)

0.4877

0.4590

0.4690

0.4164

0.2921

0.3996

\(\lambda = 0.8\)

0.4269

0.4152

0.4273

0.4100

0.2145

0.3989

\(\lambda = 1\)

0.2120

0.1976

0.1963

0.1897

0.1672

0.1841

Ranking

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

p = 50

\(\lambda = 0\)

0.3809

0.3539

0.3658

0.3339

0.1940

0.3222

0.9557

0.8989

0.9172

0.8567

0.8300

0.8448

\(\lambda = 0.4\)

0.7519

0.7196

0.7456

0.6598

0.6198

0.6346

\(\lambda = 0.6\)

0.4907

0.4629

0.4761

0.4331

0.3071

0.4123

\(\lambda = 0.8\)

0.4305

0.4247

0.4370

0.4298

0.2489

0.4067

\(\lambda = 1\)

0.2464

0.2323

0.2361

0.2256

0.1847

0.2198

Ranking

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)

\(M_{5} < M_{6} < M_{4} < M_{2} < M_{3} < M_{1}\)