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The purpose of this paper is to propose a multi-attribute decision making method to tackle complex decision issues in which attribute values are represented as double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic numbers, and there are some extreme or unreasonable data in the attribute values. To do this, firstly, four double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic generalized power aggregation operators are introduced, including the double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic generalized power average (DHHFLGPA) operator, the double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic generalized power geometric (DHHFLGPG) operator, and their weighted forms. Thereafter, several favorable properties, as well as representative cases of the proposed operators, are investigated in detail. Moreover, by virtue of the proposed operators, a novel approach is developed for coping with multi-attribute decision making cases in the double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic context. Finally, an illustrated example is given to demonstrate the practical application of the presented approach, an availability verification is given to show its validity, and a comparative analysis is also conducted to highlight the advantages of the proposed approach.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/info10110339","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,31]],"date-time":"2019-10-31T05:18:26Z","timestamp":1572499106000},"page":"339","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["A Novel Multi-Attribute Decision Making Method Based on The Double Hierarchy Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Generalized Power Aggregation Operator"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Zhengmin","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China"}]},{"given":"Xiaolan","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China"}]},{"given":"Lin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China"}]},{"given":"Xinya","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China"}]},{"given":"Di","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"13","article-title":"Evaluation and selection of Manufacturer PVC carpentry using FUCOM-MABAC model","volume":"1","year":"2018","journal-title":"ORESTA"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2341","DOI":"10.1002\/int.22032","article-title":"Multiple attribute group decision making based on q-rung orthopair fuzzy Heronian mean operators","volume":"33","author":"Liu","year":"2018","journal-title":"Int. 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