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The DPIVIHFSs overcome the shortcomings of PIVIHFSs and are more interpretable. Then, the operations and ranking method of DPIVIHFSs are introduced. Furthermore, we study MADM methods in dual probabilistic interval-valued intuitionistic hesitant fuzzy environments by aggregation operators (AOs). We propose a series of AOs including the DPIVIHF heronian mean (DPIVIHFHM) operator and the DPIVIHF weighted heronian mean (DPIVIHFWHM) operator. The basic properties of the presented are discussed and proved. Finally, a novel method for solving the MADM problem is proposed based on the DPIVIHFWHM operator and a numerical example of express company selection strategy is used to illustrate the effectiveness of the method. 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