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Also, to overcome the limitations, Kumar and Garg proposed a connection number (CN) based method for solving intuitionistic fuzzy MADM problems. In this paper, it is shown that the ranking method, used in Step 5 of Kumar and Garg\u2019s method for comparing connection numbers (CNs), fails to compare two distinct CNs. Hence, Kumar and Garg\u2019s method fails to rank the alternatives of intuitionistic fuzzy MADM problems. 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