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However, a systematic and scientific smart port evaluation method is missing to nail down the evaluation indicators of a smart port and enable accurate evaluation of a port\u2019s degree of intelligence. This paper analyzes the concept of the smart port, establishes a set of smart port evaluation indicator systems, and applies a single-valued neutrosophic exponential similarity measure to port evaluation to enable quantitative evaluation of port integrity. This evaluation method is capable of decision-making in the event of incomplete, uncertain, and inconsistent information during general evaluation, opening up a new method for smart port evaluation, and acting as a helpful tool for ports to carry out improvements during actual application.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym11040485","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,4]],"date-time":"2019-04-04T03:13:42Z","timestamp":1554347622000},"page":"485","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Simplified Neutrosophic Exponential Similarity Measures for Evaluation of Smart Port Development"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8760-3020","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jihong","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China"},{"name":"School of Business, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519088, China"}]},{"given":"Kai","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2841-6529","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jun","family":"Ye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China"}]},{"given":"Tiancun","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Business, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, Zhuhai 519088, China"}]},{"given":"Chengying","family":"Hua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China"}]},{"given":"Yuhua","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"215","DOI":"10.1057\/mel.2010.6","article-title":"DEA models for identifying sensitive performance measures in container port evaluation","volume":"12","author":"Wu","year":"2010","journal-title":"Marit. 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