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The real learning options are sequential options with a usual market uncertainty and technical uncertainty, allowing for the modelling of the learning process. Low frequency data, subjectivity and the uncertainty of prediction in some cases mean that data can be determined only vaguely, expressed by a fuzzy-random distribution and fuzzy sets. This paper\u2019s objective is to develop and verify the complete fuzzy-stochastic real learning option (CFSRLO) valuation model in a discrete time. Input data are given both the fuzzy-random distribution (the underlying cash-flow development, technical probability) and the fuzzy numbers (the continuum value, risk-free rate, risk rate, switching cost). The T-numbers, the Decomposition (resolution) principle, and\n                    <jats:inline-formula>\n                      <jats:tex-math>$$\\varepsilon -cut$$<\/jats:tex-math>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    are the essentials of the model\u2019s construction. 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