Hybrid multiple criteria decision-making methods: a review of applications for sustainability issues

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Figure 1. Composition of hybrid MCDM. Source: Created by the authors.

Figure 2. Summarised procedure of the research. Source: Created by the authors.

Table 1. Publications on the topic of MCDM and HMCDM in the Web of Science database.

Type of Publications	Number of Publications
Publications on MCDM methods
all	2450
articles	1749
Publications on hybrid MCDM methods
all	251
articles	197

Source: Author’s calculation based on the Web of Science database.

Figure 3. Number of publications on the topic of MCDM (total: 2,450). Source: Created by the authors.

Figure 4. Number of publications on the topic of hybrid MCDM (total: 251). Source: Created by the authors.

Figure 5. MCDM application by country of origin (number of publications). Source: Created by the authors.

Figure 6. Hybrid MCDM application by country of origin (number of publications). Source: Created by the authors.

Figure 7. The use of the MCDM methods in hybrid MCDM methods. Source: Created by the authors.

Figure 8. Number of publications by Research Areas on the topic of hybrid MCDM. Source: Created by the authors.

Table 2. Research areas of papers.

Research Area	HMCDM number of articles / per cent^*	MCDM number of articles / per cent^*
Computer Science	84 / 42.64	643 / 35.72
Engineering	82 / 41.62	645 / 35.83
Operations Res. Mgt. Sc.	67 / 34.01	496 / 27.56
Business Economics	34 / 17.26	329 / 18.28
Mathematics	20 / 10.15	193 / 10.72
Energy Fuels	13 / 6.56	63 / 3.50
Environmental Sciences Ecology	9 / 4.57	141 / 7.83
Automation Control Systems	7 / 3.55	71 / 3.94
Mechanics	7 / 3.55	34 / 1.89
Science Technology Other Topics	7 / 3.55	35 / 1.94

^* Papers can be simultaneously assigned to several Research Areas in Web of Science database; therefore the sum of per cent exceeds 100.

Source: Author’s calculation based on the Web of Science database.

Figure 9. Research Areas of selected hybrid MCDM methods. Source: Created by the authors.

Table 3. Research Area of HMCDM: Supply.

The Problem Solved	Method*	Publication
Dealing with sustainability issues
Evaluation of green manufacturing practices	DANP, PROMETHEE	Govindan et al. (2015)
Evaluation of green supply chain management practices by measuring the uncertainty of activities and solving the MCDM problem	VIKOR, TFNs	Rostamzadeh et al. (2015a)
Evaluation of alternative suppliers and selection of the best one	FAD	Kannan et al. (2015)
Simulation of drivers for better adoption of green manufacturing	Fuzzy AHP	Govindan et al. (2015)
Improving the performance of green suppliers in crystal display industry	PROMETHEE, INRM	Tsui et al. (2015)
Selection of sustainable supplier lot-sizing order	Fuzzy AHP, MODM	Azadnia et al. (2015)
Decision-making under uncertainty in green supply chain problems	Fuzzy DEMATEL	Wu et al. (2015)
Modelling green supplier selection	DANP, VIKOR	Kuo et al. (2015)
Supply chain environmental performance evaluation	ELECTRE, VIKOR, Grey numbers	Chithambaranathan et al. (2015)
Low carbon supplier selection in hotel industry	FDM, DEMATEL, DANP, VIKOR	Hsu et al. (2014)
Selecting green supplier of thermal power equipment	Fuzzy TOPSIS; fuzzy Entropy	Zhao and Guo (2014)
City logistics concept selection	Fuzzy DEMATEL, fuzzy ANP, fuzzy VIKOR	Tadić et al. (2014)
Review of literature on supplier selection	AHP, ANP, DEA, ELECTRE, PROMETHEE, TOPSIS, VIKOR	Chai et al. (2013)
Using a novel hybrid MCDM approach to evaluate green suppliers	Fuzzy DEMATEL, fuzzy ANP, fuzzy TOPSIS	Büyüközkan and Çifçi (2012)
Selecting the vendor selection for recycled material	DANP, VIKOR	Hsu et al. (2012)
Other topics
Evaluation outsourcing provider with an example in a telecommunication company	DEMATEL, fuzzy ANP	Uygun et al. (2015a)
Supplier selection	ANP, Intuitionistic fuzzy TOPSIS	Rouyendegh (2015)
Material routing optimization in supply chain	Fuzzy AHP, TOPSIS, GA	Rostamzadeh et al. (2015b)
Evaluating different strategies in supply	SWARA-WASPAS, game theory	Hashemkhani Zolfani et al. (2015)
Supplier selection	Semi-fuzzy SVDD	Guo et al. (2014)
Supplier evaluation and improvement	ANP, DEMATEL, DANP, Fuzzy integral	Liou et al. (2014b)
Third-party logistics selection problem	FST, AHP, ANP, TOPSIS, ISM, VIKOR, DEMATEL, QFD, ELECTRE, Utility theory	Aguezzoul (2014)
Human resources performance evaluation	ANP	Gürbüz and Albayrak (2014)
Personnel selection	Fuzzy DEMATEL, Fuzzy ANP	Kabak (2013)
Supplier selection with interdependent criteria	AHP, TOPSIS	Kasirian and Yusuff (2013)
Model for supplier selection	Fuzzy Delphi, TOPSIS, ANP	Wu et al. (2013)
Supplier selection in continuously changing environment	SWARA, VIKOR	Alimardani et al. (2013)
Selection of an outsourcing provider	DEMATEL, DANP, GRA	Hsu et al. (2013)
Enterprise resource planning	DEMATEL, ANP	Tsai et al. (2013)
Logistics tool selection	DEMATEL, Fuzzy TOPSIS	Büyüközkan et al. (2012)
Personnel selection for teamwork	AHP, TOPSIS–G	Hashemkhani Zolfani and Antucheviciene (2012)
Selecting company supplier	AHP, COPRAS–G	Zolfani et al. (2012a)
Selection quality control manager in a company	AHP, COPRAS–G	Hashemkhani Zolfani et al. (2012b)
Creating global intelligent manufacturing and logistics systems	DEMATEL, VIKOR, GRA	Tzeng and Huang (2012)
Novel method for the best vendor selection	ANP, DEMATEL	Yang and Tzeng (2011)
An innovative supplier selection	MULTIMOORA, MULTIMOORA–2T	Balezentis and Balezentis (2011)
A hybrid approach to group decision-making in a fuzzy environment	VIKOR, GRA	Su (2011)
Selecting an outsourcing provider	ANP, DEMATEL, FPP	Liou et al. (2011)
Training providers' evaluation	AHP, fuzzy TOPSIS, fuzzy PROMETHEE	Ignatius et al. (2010)
Personnel selection in manufacturing companies	ANP, TOPSIS	Dağdeviren (2010)
Selecting outsourcing vendor selection for a semiconductor industry	ANP	Lin et al. (2010b)
Strategic vendor selection	TOPSIS, ANP	Shyur and Shih (2006)

^* DEMATEL-based ANP (DANP); DEcision-MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (in Serbian), that means Multicriteria Optimization and Compromise Solution (VIKOR); Triangular Fuzzy Numbers (TFNs); Fuzzy Axiomatic Design (FAD); Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Preference Ranking Organisation METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE); Influential Network Relation Map (INRM); Multiple Objective Decision-Making (MODM); ELimination Et Choix Traduisant la REalité, that means ELimination and Choice Expressing Reality (ELECTRE); Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM); Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution with grey numbers (TOPSIS-G); Analytic Network Process (ANP); Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Genetic Algorithm (GA); Step-wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA); Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS); Support Vector Domain Description (SVDD); Fuzzy Sets Theory (FST); Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM); Quality Function Deployment (QFD); Grey Relational Analysis (GRA); COmplex PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS) and COmplex PRoportional ASsessment with grey numbers (COPRAS-G); Fuzzy Preferences Programming (FPP); Multiobjective Optimisation by Ratio Analysis plus Full Multiplicative Form (MULTIMOORA) and Multiobjective Optimisation by Ratio Analysis plus Full Multiplicative Form based on the interval 2-tuple linguistic variables (MULTIMOORA–2T).

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Table 4. Research Area of HMCDM: Technologies.

The problem solved	Methods^**	Authors
Sustainability issues
Evaluation benefit of renewable energy in terms of sustainability	Entropy, fuzzy GRA	Zhao and Guo (2015)
A review on applications of decision-making methods in problems related to renewable energy systems	ANFIS; fuzzy AHP; fuzzy MCDM	Suganthi et al. (2015)
Evaluating health-care waste treatment technologies	DEMATEL, MULTIMOORA, Fuzzy sets	Liu et al. (2015a)
Modelling new product development and applying in industry	Fuzzy ANP, ISM	Chen et al. (2015)
Financial evaluation of the IT industry	DEMATEL; FIS, VC-DRSA	Shen and Tzeng (2015b)
Determining vehicle telematics systems product or service	DEMATEL; ANP; VIKOR	Lin (2015)
Assessment of regions priority for implementation of solar projects	SWARA, WASPAS, Delphi	Vafaeipour et al. (2014)
Selecting the best plastic recycling method	AHP, TOPSIS	Vinodh et al. (2014)
Assessing building energy performance	Fuzzy ANP	Kabak et al. (2014)
Prioritisation of renewable energy sources	ANP, BOCR	Kabak and Dağdeviren (2014b)
Designing energy systems by combining MODM and MADM	Fuzzy TOPSIS, MODM	Perera et al. (2013)
Efficiently allocating energy resources in the case of high oil prices	Fuzzy AHP, DEA	Lee et al. (2013)
Improving environmentally oriented strategies for green innovation performance	Fuzzy D ANP, VIKOR	Lu et al. (2013b)
Review of methodologies for off-grid electricity supply decisions	Different methods, including HMCDM	Bhattacharyya (2012)
Other topics
Urban stormwater construction method selection	Fuzzy AHP, CP	Ebrahimian et al. (2015)
Machine tool evaluation by applying hybrid methods	AHP, fuzzy COPRAS	Nguyen et al. (2015)
Making decisions in the information and communications technology sector	2-tuple linguistic computational model, MCDM	Cid-López et al. (2015)
Solving a problem of ship engine troubleshooting	Fuzzy AHP, fuzzy VIKOR	Balin et al. (2015)
Organisational decisions for hospital information system	ANP, DEMATEL	Ahmadi et al. (2015)
Analysis of failure mode and effects	Fuzzy AHP; Entropy; fuzzy VIKOR	Liu et al. (2015b)
Evaluating critical success factors in construction projects	ANP, DEMATEL, GRA	Nilashi et al. (2015)
Assessment of intellectual capital for ITC industry	DEMATEL, ANP	Chen and Chen (2015)
Evaluation of intelligent sensors and selecting the most suitable for structural health monitoring of bridges	SWARA, WASPAS	Bitarafan et al. (2014)
Identification of critical factors in new product development	Fuzzy DEMATEL, Fuzzy AHP	Yeh et al. (2014)
Machine tool selection considering interactions of attributes	Fuzzy ANP, COPRAS–G	Nguyen et al. (2014)
Exploring smart phone improvements	DEMATEL, ANP, VIKOR	Hu et al. (2014)
Improving transportation service quality	DEMATEL, Fuzzy integral,ANP	Liou et al. (2014a)
Determining the quality grade of gas well-drilling projects	TOPSIS	Roya and Niaki (2014)
New product development and selection problem	Fuzzy ANP, DEMATEL, TOPSIS	Chyu and Fang (2014)
Selection of the best biodiesel blend for IC engines	Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy TOPSIS	Sakthivel et al. (2013)
Desalination process selection	Fuzzy AHP, TOPSIS	Ghassemi and Danesh (2013)
Selecting the best variant of mechanical ventilation in order to effectively remove pollutants in a case of automobile accidents in tunnels	SWARA, VIKOR	Zolfani et al. (2013b)
Assessment model of technologies	ELECTRE–4, MULTIMOORA, SWARA, VIKOR, TOPSIS	Zavadskas et al. (2013)
Prioritisation of advanced technology at NASA	Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy TOPSIS	Tavana et al. (2013a)
Improving RFID adoption in Taiwan's healthcare industry	DEMATEL, DANP, VIKOR	Lu et al. (2013a)
Equipment selection: key study of Gole Gohar iron mine	Fuzzy Sets; AHP; ANP; TOPSIS	Lashgari et al. (2012)
Manufacturing technology selection, an example of light emitting diode	DEMATEL, ANP, Fuzzy Delphi	Shen et al. (2011)
Software engineering decisions	AHP, Aggregation operators	Ribeiro et al. (2011)
Material selection with target-based criteria	ANP, VIKOR, DEMATEL	Liu et al. (2014)
Application of decision methods for aviatic innovation system construction	Fuzzy AHP, VIKOR	Chen and Chen (2010)
Evaluating vehicle telematics system	DEMATEL, ANP, TOPSIS	Lin et al. (2010a)
Sourcing strategy in IT projects	DEMATEL, ANP	Tsai et al. (2010a)
Combining classifiers to natural textured images	FC, parametric and non-parametric Bayesian approaches	Guijarro and Pajares (2009)
Machine tool selection	TOPSIS, Fuzzy AHP	Önut et al. (2008)
Evaluating service strategies of mobile network operators	AHP	Fu et al. (2007)
Evaluating intertwined effects in e-learning programmes	AHP, DEMATEL	Tzeng et al. (2007)

^** Grey Relational Analysis (GRA); Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS); Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM); DEMATEL-based ANP (DANP); DEcision-MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); Multiobjective Optimisation by Ratio Analysis plus Full Multiplicative Form (MULTIMOORA); Analytic Network Process (ANP); Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM); Fuzzy Inference System (FIS); Variable consistency dominance-based rough set approach (VC-DRSA); VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (in Serbian), that means Multicriteria Optimisation and Compromise Solution (VIKOR); Step-wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA); Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS); Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS); Benefits, Opportunities, Costs, and Risks (BOCR); Multiple Objective Decision Making (MODM); Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Triangular Fuzzy Numbers (TFNs); Fuzzy Axiomatic Design (FAD); Compromise Programming (CP); COmplex PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS) and COmplex PRoportional ASsessment with grey numbers (COPRAS-G); ELimination Et Choix Traduisant la REalité, that means ELimination and Choice Expressing Reality (ELECTRE); Fuzzy Clustering (FC).

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Table 5. Research Area of HMCDM: Location.

The problem solved	Method^***	Authors
Selection with emphasis on sustainability
Offshore wind farm site selection	Fuzzy ANP, fuzzy DEMATEL, fuzzy ELECTRE	Fetanat and Khorasaninejad (2015)
Selecting the most suitable space for leisure in an urban site	Fuzzy AHP, DANP, GIS	Pourahmad et al. (2015)
Improving GIS-based solar farms site selection	DEMATEL, DANP	Chen et al. (2014)
Greenhouse locating	ANP, COPRAS–G	Rezaeiniya et al. (2012)
Other topics
Selection of location as real estate brokerage services	DANP, VIKOR	Lee (2014)
Shopping mall locating	SWARA, WASPAS	Hashemkhani Zolfani et al. (2013a)
Forest roads locating	AHP, COPRAS–G	Hashemkhani Zolfani et al. (2011)
Selecting locations in an uncertain environment	TOPSIS, Fuzzy ANP, DEMATEL	Kuo and Liang (2011)
The most suitable site selection for an international distribution centre	TOPSIS, ANP, Fuzzy DEMATEL	Kuo (2011)
Measures and evaluation for environment watershed plans	ANP, DEMATEL, NRM	Chen et al. (2010)

^*** Analytic Network Process (ANP); DEcision-MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); ELimination Et Choix Traduisant la REalité, that means ELimination and Choice Expressing Reality (ELECTRE); Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); DEMATEL-based ANP (DANP); Geographic Information System (GIS); COmplex PRoportional ASsessment with grey numbers (COPRAS-G); VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (in Serbian), that means Multicriteria Optimisation and Compromise Solution (VIKOR); Step-wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA); Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS); Network relation map (NRM).

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Table 6. Other Research Areas applying HMCDM.

The problem solved	Method^****	Authors
Dealing with sustainability issues
Risk analysis of hot environment for foundry industry	ANP and linguistic fuzzy approach	Ilangkumaran et al. (2015)
A group DSS for ranking of alternatives with emphasis on corporate social responsibility	Delphi, DEMATEL, ANP, MDS	Wang et al. (2015)
Investigation of drivers for corporate social responsibility implementation in the mining industry	Fuzzy DEMATEL	Govindan et al. (2014)
Environmental protection issue with an example of sustainable ecotourism	ISM, DEMATEL	Chuang et al. (2013)
Assessing and selecting district revitalization projects	FDM, ANP	Wang et al. (2013)
Improve senior citizens' participation in recreational sports	ANP, DEMATEL	Chen and Sun (2012)
Improving tourism policy implementation	DEMATEL, ANP, VIKOR	Liu et al. (2012)
Relationship model and performance evaluation of hotels	Balanced scorecard, ANP, DEMATEL	Chen et al. (2011)
Evaluating companies’ environmental knowledge management under uncertainty	ANP, DEMATEL	Tseng (2011a)
Evaluating corporate social responsibility programmes and costs in a hotel	DEMATEL, ANP, ZOGP, ABC	Tsai et al. (2010b)
Other topics
Systematic approach to the project portfolio-selection problem	MDM, DEMATEL, ANP	Jeng and Huang (2015)
SMEs management problems	Fuzzy DEMATEL, Fuzzy ANP, TOPSIS	Uygun et al. (2015b)
Review of MCDM approaches based on interval type-2 fuzzy sets, including hybrid methods applying IT2FSs	Hybrid approaches applying IT2FSs	Celik et al. (2015)
Exploring mobile banking services	DEMATEL, DANP, VIKOR	Lu et al. (2015b)
Evaluating performance of internet banking branches	Fuzzy AHP, COPRAS-G	Ecer (2015)
Evaluation of risks in emerging capital markets	Fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS, VIKOR	Hacioglu and Dincer (2015)
Analysing service quality	Fuzzy ANP, fuzzy VIKOR	Hsu (2015)
Internal control of procurement circulation	DEMATEL, VIKOR, DANP	Chen (2015)
Supporting performance improvement of the banking industry	DANP, VIKOR	Shen and Tzeng (2015a)
Measuring the performance of companies	DEMATEL, Fuzzy ANP, Fuzzy DEA	Tavana et al. (2015)
Projects selection	Fuzzy Delphi, ANP, TOPSIS	Chang (2015)
The cause of accidents and a role of human factor in maritime accidents	DEMATEL, ANP	Ozdemir and Guneroglu (2015)
Evaluating strategy of SMEs	DEMATEL, ANP	Lu et al. (2015a)
Information technology disaster recovery site selection	DEMATEL, ANP	Yang et al. (2015)
Organisational value co-creation	DANP, fuzzy DEMATEL	Chuang et al. (2015)
Performance evaluation of oil producing companies	COPRAS, ANP	Rabbani et al. (2014)
Financial performance evaluation of companies	FAHP, fuzzy VIKOR, fuzzy COPRAS, fuzzy ARAS	Safaei Ghadikolaei et al. (2014)
Ranking of manufacturing companies based on their financial performance	Fuzzy ANP, fuzzy VIKOR	Khalili Esbouei et al. (2014)
Group selection of a chief accounting officer	AHP, fuzzy ARAS	Keršulienė and Turskis (2014)
Prioritising the investment strategies in the presence of uncertainty	AHP, DEMATEL, TOPSIS	Yazdani-Chamzini et al. (2014)
Selecting strategies for risk assessment	TOPSIS	Lin et al. (2014)
Evaluation of entrepreneurial intensity among the SMEs	Fuzzy AHP, VIKOR, TOPSIS	Rostamzadeh et al. (2014)
Encouraging entrepreneurship policies	ANP, VIKOR	Tsai et al. (2014)
4P's planning in marketing	AHP, FMD	Gürbüz et al. (2014)
Six Sigma project selection	DEMATEL, ANP, VIKOR	Wang et al. (2014)
Market segmentation and evaluation, selecting the best market for a company	SWARA, COPRAS-G	Aghdaie et al. (2013)
Private Primary School assessment	DEMATEL, ANP	Durmusoglu (2014)
University selection by assessing students' preferences	ANP, PROMETHEE	Kabak and Dağdeviren (2014a)
Improvement in economics and business	VIKOR, DANP	Peng and Tzeng (2013)
Social media platform selection	Fuzzy ANP, COPRAS–G	Tavana et al. (2013b)
Electronic government readiness assessment	ANP, TOPSIS	Tavana et al. (2013c)
Advertisement strategy selection	FAHP, TOPSIS-G	Hashemkhani Zolfani et al. (2012c)
Preparing a strategic framework for services in global market environments	ANP, DEMATEL	Lee et al. (2012)
Assessing customer retention strategies	DEMATEL, ANP	Jeng and Bailey (2012)
The interactive trade decision–making research	DEMATEL, ANP	Wang (2012)
Brand marketing for creating brand value	DEMATEL, ANP, VIKOR	Wang and Tzeng (2012)
Assessing working strategies in a construction company	Fuzzy ANP, fuzzy COPRAS, BOSCR	Fouladgar et al. (2012)
Online reputation management for improving marketing	DEMATEL, DANP	Hung et al. (2012)
Evaluating website quality of accounting firms	Fuzzy ANP, Fuzzy VIKOR	Chou and Cheng (2012)
Ranking universities	ANP, VIKOR	Wu et al. (2012)
Performance evaluation of education centres in universities	ANP, VIKOR	Wu et al. (2011)
Creating aspired intelligent assessment systems for teaching materials	DEMATEL, ANP, VIKOR	Chen and Tzeng (2011)
Evaluating strategies of web–based marketing in the airline industry	ANP, DEMATEL, VIKOR	Tsai et al. (2011)
Assessing service quality expectations	DEMATEL, TOPSIS	Tseng (2011b)
Evaluating entrepreneurship policy evaluation for small and medium enterprises	DEMATEL, ANP, ZOGP	Tsai and Kuo (2011)
Developing a model for assessing cost and quality	ANP, DEMATEL	Tsai and Hsu (2010)
Firms’ competence evaluation	AHP, fuzzy TOPSIS	Amiri et al. (2009)

^**** Analytic Network Process (ANP); DEcision-MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); Multidimensional Scaling (MDS); Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM); Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM); VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (in Serbian), that means Multicriteria Optimization and Compromise Solution (VIKOR); Zero One Goal Programing (ZOGP); Activity-Based Costing (ABC); Modified Delphi method (MDM); Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS); DEMATEL-based ANP (DANP); Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Fuzzy Metric Distance (FMD); Additive Ratio Assessment (ARAS); Step-wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA); COmplex PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS) and COmplex PRoportional ASsessment with grey numbers (COPRAS-G); Benefit, Opportunities, Cost and Risk (BOCR).

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