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Innumerable fuzzy assessment verdicts that exceed IFSs or PFSs can be captured by\n                    <jats:inline-formula>\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:tex-math>$$q$$<\/jats:tex-math>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                          <mml:mi>q<\/mml:mi>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    -ROFSs. To make the evaluation process more adaptive, in this article, we explore the application of\n                    <jats:inline-formula>\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:tex-math>$$q$$<\/jats:tex-math>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                          <mml:mi>q<\/mml:mi>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    -ROFSs to multiattribute group decision making (MAGDM) by employing the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) approach. In view of the comprehensive tool of projection method for measuring the proximity of decision vectors, we further propose innovative bidirectional normalized projection measures that consider not only distance but also spatial angle to replace traditional distance measures such as Hamming and Euclidean. 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