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In this research article, the preference ranking structure for the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for young people who have been exposed to the effects of certain chronic diseases. Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach effectively handles this vague information. Furthermore, with the support of the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Soft Set (IFSS), the entries under the new extension of the Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation-II (PROMETHEE-II) is suggested for Preference Ranking Structure. The concept of intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets is parametric in nature. IFSS suggests how to exploit an intuitionistic ambiguous input from a decision-maker to make up for any shortcomings in the information provided by the decider. The weight of the inputs is calculated under the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Weighted Average (IFWA) operator, the Simply Weighted Intuitionistic Fuzzy Average (SWIFA) operator, and the Simply Intuitionistic Fuzzy Average (SIFA) operator. An Extended PROMETHEE-based ranking, outranking approach is used, and the resultant are recommended under the lexicographic order. Its sustainability and feasibility are explored for three distinct priority structures and the possibilities of the approach. To demonstrate the all-encompassing intuitionistic fuzzy PROMETHEE approach, a practical application regarding COVID-19 severity in patients is given, and then it is compared to other existing approaches to further explain its feasibility, and the sensitivity of the preference structure is examined according to the criteria.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym13061030","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,8]],"date-time":"2021-06-08T21:16:58Z","timestamp":1623187018000},"page":"1030","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["The COVID-19 Vaccine Preference for Youngsters Using PROMETHEE-II in the IFSS Environment"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3782-4666","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Samayan","family":"Narayanamoorthy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641046, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Subramaniam","family":"Pragathi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641046, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thirumalai Nallasivan","family":"Parthasarathy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641046, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Samayan","family":"Kalaiselvan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social Work, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, SRMV, Coimbatore 641020, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5030-3948","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joseph Varghese","family":"Kureethara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ranganathan","family":"Saraswathy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Karpagam Medical College and Hospital, Coimbatore 641032, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Poosamani","family":"Nithya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Government Primary Health Center, Kalamaruthur, Kallakurichi 606202, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daekook","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Institute of Digital Anti-Aging Health Care, Inje University, 197 Inje-ro, Gimhae-si 50834, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Summary, E. 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