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First, some notions are developed, such as the operation laws, score and accuracy functions, negative ideal points (NIPs), and positive ideal points (PIPs) of TDHFSs. The correlation coefficients and the cosine of the angle between the vectors of each alternative and the triangular dual hesitant fuzzy (TDHF) points are introduced. Then, the consistent bidirectional projection decision-making method based on the TDHFSs\u2019 correlation coefficients is proposed. Additionally, an optimization model is established via maximizing the consistent coefficient to determine the Aws. Furthermore, some approaches are investigated based on the proposed approaches concerning the MADM issues with attribute values represented by triangular dual hesitant fuzzy elements (TDHFEs). Finally, a supply chain management (SCM) problem is illustrated, and comparative analyses are implemented to demonstrate the presented approach\u2019s feasibility and efficiency.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/axioms13090618","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,11]],"date-time":"2024-09-11T10:33:01Z","timestamp":1726050781000},"page":"618","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Based on Consistent Bidirectional Projection Measures of Triangular Dual Hesitant Fuzzy Set"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7101-5398","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juan","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai 264003, China"},{"name":"School of Business, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1076-9852","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Baoyu","family":"Cui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Resources & Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7413-973X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhiliang","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai 264003, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"338","DOI":"10.1016\/S0019-9958(65)90241-X","article-title":"Fuzzy Sets","volume":"8","author":"Zadeh","year":"1965","journal-title":"Inf. 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