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Firstly, we define the operation rules, distance measures, evaluation index function, and evaluation criteria in a complex cubic q-rung orthopair fuzzy environment. Then, some aggregation operators are proposed to aggregate complex cubic q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers, and their desirable properties and some special cases are discussed. Next, we use the subjective and objective fusion method to determine the weight of attributes. Further, a multi-attribute decision-making method is established by combining aggregation operator, evaluation function, and weight determination method. 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