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However, the existing MADM method based on IVq-RDHL sets has obvious shortcomings, i.e., the operational rules of IVq-RDHL values have some weaknesses and the existing IVq-RDHL aggregation operators are incapable of dealing with some special decision-making situations. In this paper, by analyzing these drawbacks, we then propose the operations for IVq-RDHL values based on a linguistic scale function. After it, we present novel aggregation operators for IVq-RDHL values based on the power Hamy mean and introduce the IVq-RDHL power Hamy mean operator and IVq-RDHL power weighted Hamy mean operator. Properties of these new aggregation operators are also studied. Based on these foundations, we further put forward a MADM method, which is more reasonable and rational than the existing one. Our proposed method not only provides a series of more reasonable operational laws but also offers a more powerful manner to fuse attribute values. Finally, we apply the new MADM method to solve the practical problem of patient admission evaluation. The performance and advantages of our method are illustrated in the comparative analysis with other methods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e24020166","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,23]],"date-time":"2022-01-23T20:32:52Z","timestamp":1642969972000},"page":"166","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Novel Interval-Valued q-Rung Dual Hesitant Linguistic Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Method Based on Linguistic Scale Functions and Power Hamy Mean"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7872-5744","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaopu","family":"Shang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xue","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China"},{"name":"Beijing Logistics Informatics Research Base, Beijing 100044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wu, X., Song, Y., and Wang, Y. 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