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This factor causes several errors in the existing score function. If there are two separate picture fuzzy numbers (PFNs), there should be two different scores or accuracy values. Some researchers failed to rank the alternatives when the score and accuracy values for various PFNs were equal. To overcome the shortcomings, we proposed the perfect score function in this paper for ranking PFNs and introduced strong and weak PFSs. The shortcoming of the existing score function in PFNs has been highlighted in this paper. 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