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In this paper, with the help of bipolar fuzzy preference relation (BFPR) and bipolar fuzzy preference <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>-covering (BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C), we put forward the idea of BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C based optimistic multi-granulation bipolar fuzzy rough set (BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C-OMG-BFRS) model and BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C based pessimistic multi-granulation bipolar fuzzy rough set (BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C-PMG-BFRS) model. We examine several significant structural properties of BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C-OMG-BFRS and BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C-PMG-BFRS models in detail. Moreover, we discuss the relationship between BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C-OMG-BFRS and BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C-PMG-BFRS models. Eventually, we apply the BFP<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\delta $$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                  <mml:mi>\u03b4<\/mml:mi>\n                <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>C-OMG-BFRS model for solving multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM). Furthermore, we demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of our designed approach by solving a numerical example. We further conduct a detailed comparison with certain existing methods. 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