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However, the existing exponential operations and their aggregation methods are primarily for the intuitionistic fuzzy set. So, this paper mainly focus on the research of the exponential operational laws of interval neutrosophic numbers (INNs) in which the bases are positive real numbers and the exponents are interval neutrosophic numbers. Several properties based on the exponential operational law are discussed in detail. Then, the interval neutrosophic weighted exponential aggregation (INWEA) operator is used to aggregate assessment information to obtain the comprehensive risk assessment. Finally, a multiple attribute decision making (MADM) approach based on the INWEA operator is introduced and applied to the evaluation of typhoon disasters in Fujian Province, China. Results show that the proposed new approach is feasible and effective in practical applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym10060196","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,1]],"date-time":"2018-06-01T04:37:46Z","timestamp":1527827866000},"page":"196","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Exponential Aggregation Operator of Interval Neutrosophic Numbers and Its Application in Typhoon Disaster Evaluation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Ruipu","family":"Tan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China"},{"name":"College of Electronics and Information Science, Fujian Jiangxia University, Fuzhou 350108, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wende","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Information Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China"},{"name":"Information Construction Office, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shengqun","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronics and Information Science, Fujian Jiangxia University, Fuzhou 350108, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2559","DOI":"10.1007\/s11069-014-1450-7","article-title":"Intuitionistic fuzzy theory based typhoon disaster evaluation in Zhejiang Province, China: A comparative Perspective","volume":"75","author":"Yu","year":"2015","journal-title":"Nat. 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