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Secondly, with the help of the exponential function, we formulate some information measure formulas, which are followed by the proofs that the exponential entropy, exponential similarity measure and exponential cross-entropy fit the three axiomatic definitions. Subsequently, a novel IT2TrF MADM method is designed, in which the IT2TrF exponential entropy and cross-entropy are utilized to generate the attribute weights, the IT2TrF exponential similarity measure is employed to obtain the closeness degree of the ideal solution and derive the most satisfying solution. Lastly, we provide a numerical example of corporate investment to demonstrate the applicability and feasibility of the proposed MADM method. 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