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Therefore, bilateral fuzzy sets and their three-way decisions are proposed. First, the deviation degree is proposed in order to distinguish these objects. Compared with the membership degree, the deviation degree extends the mapping range from [0, 1] to [-\u00a01, 1]. For six typical membership functions, their corresponding deviation functions are discussed and deduced. Second, the concept of bilateral fuzzy sets is proposed and the corresponding operation rules are analyzed and proved. Then, three-way decisions and approximations based on bilateral fuzzy sets are constructed. Next, for the optimization of threshold, principle of least cost is extended to the three-way decisions model based on bilateral fuzzy sets, and theoretical derivation is carried out. 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