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Further, based on these laws, we propose some geometric aggregation operators and study their various relationships. Desirable properties, as well as some special cases of the proposed operators, are studied. Then, based on these proposed operators, we present a decision-making approach to solve the multi-attribute decision-making problems. The reliability of the presented decision-making method is explored with the help of a numerical example and the proposed results are compared with several prevailing studies\u2019 results. Finally, the superiority of the proposed approach is explained with a counter example to show the advantages of the proposed work.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym10120670","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,27]],"date-time":"2018-11-27T12:17:35Z","timestamp":1543321055000},"page":"670","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":114,"title":["Algorithm for T-Spherical Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Decision Making Based on Improved Interactive Aggregation Operators"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9099-8422","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Harish","family":"Garg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mathematics, Thapar Institute of Engineering &amp; Technology, Deemed University, Patiala 147004, Punjab, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Muhammad","family":"Munir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1438-6413","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kifayat","family":"Ullah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3871-3845","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tahir","family":"Mahmood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Naeem","family":"Jan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,27]]},"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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