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The fuzzy sets preference model is the first practice of fuzzy theory used in the field of preference modeling, and it is still widely used by researchers until now. Subsequently, based on fuzzy theory, the researchers also proposed linguistic term sets and cloud model. These methods have different representation domains, and are applicable to different decision-making environment. In this paper we give a review of classical fuzzy preference modeling methods and its latest extensions and variants. 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