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In this paper, a quantum MAGDM algorithm based on probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) and a quantum-like Bayesian network (QLBN) is proposed (PL-QLBN), utilizing quantum theory and social network concepts and introducing a novel method for calculating interference effects based on belief entropy. Firstly, a complete trust network is constructed based on the probabilistic linguistic trust transfer operator and the minimum path method. A trust aggregation method, considering interference effects, is proposed for the QLBN to determine the DM weights. Next, the attribute weights are calculated based on the entropy weight method. Then, a probabilistic linguistic MAGDM considering interference effects is proposed based on the QLBN. 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