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We also make explanations with an illustrative example for demonstrating these four classifications. We then propose a novel multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method that is based on PHSS, as an extension of the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS). A number of real MCDM problems are complicated with uncertainty that require each selection criteria or attribute to be further subdivided into attribute values and all alternatives to be evaluated separately against each attribute value. The proposed PHSS-based TOPSIS can be used in order to solve these real MCDM problems that are precisely modeled by the concept of PHSS, in which each attribute value has a neutrosophic degree of appurtenance corresponding to each alternative under consideration, in the light of some given criteria. For a real application, a parking spot choice problem is solved by the proposed PHSS-based TOPSIS under fuzzy neutrosophic environment and it is validated by considering two different sets of alternatives along with a comparison with fuzzy TOPSIS in each case. The results are highly encouraging and a MATLAB code of the algorithm of PHSS-based TOPSIS is also complied in order to extend the scope of the work to analyze time series and in developing algorithms for graph theory, machine learning, pattern recognition, and artificial intelligence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym12111855","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,10]],"date-time":"2020-11-10T20:29:36Z","timestamp":1605040176000},"page":"1855","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["A Novel MCDM Method Based on Plithogenic Hypersoft Sets under Fuzzy Neutrosophic Environment"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2321-061X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad Rayees","family":"Ahmad","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore 54770, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7284-6908","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad","family":"Saeed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore 54770, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8742-1921","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Usman","family":"Afzal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore 54770, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miin-Shen","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Mathematics, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 32023, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,10]]},"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":"Inform. 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