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Within this framework, our aim is to explore and extend the concept of information quality as an uncertainty measure by comparing it to neutrosophic Dempster\u2013Shafer (D\u2013S) evidence theory in the context of decision-making. As a proposed solution to the aforementioned research objectives, this manuscript suggests and implements a novel conceptual framework for determining and quantifying the similarity measure between SVNSs in a multicriteria decision-making context under the principles of D\u2013S evidence theory. 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