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标题：Incorporating Fuzzy Cognitive Inference for Vaccine Hesitancy Measuring
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作者：Sun, Kun ; Zhao, Tian-Fang ; Wu, Xiao-Kun 等
期刊名称：Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2071-1050
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：14
页码：1-18
DOI：10.3390/su14148434
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：Vaccine hesitancy plays a key role in vaccine delay and refusal, but its measurement is still a challenge due to multiple intricacies and uncertainties in factors. This paper attempts to tackle this problem through fuzzy cognitive inference techniques. Firstly, we formulate a vaccine hesitancy determinants matrix containing multi-level factors. Relations between factors are formulated through group decision-making of domain experts, which results in a fuzzy cognitive map. The subjective uncertainty of linguistic variables is expressed by fuzzy numbers. A double-weighted method is designed to integrate the distinguished decisions, in which the subjective hesitancy is considered for each decision. Next, three typical scenarios are constructed to identify key and sensitive factors under different experimental conditions. The experimental results are further discussed, which enrich the approaches of vaccine hesitancy estimation for the post-pandemic global recovery.
关键词：vaccine hesitancy; global recovery; group decision; fuzzy cognitive map; COVID-19