1. Construct the 2-tuple linguistic decision matrix x̃_ij = (s_ij, α_ij) on linguistic term set S = {s_0,…,s_q}; define criteria weights w_j and direction sets J^+ (benefit) / J^- (cost). Δ⁻¹(s_i,α)=i+α is the canonical defuzzification.
D~=[(sij,αij)]m×n;Δ−1(si,α)=i+α;J+∪J−={1,…,n}
2. Negative-Ideal Solution per criterion in 2-tuple space: (s_j^-, α_j^-) = min_i (s_ij, α_ij) for benefit criteria (max_i for cost), with the min/max taken in the Δ⁻¹ order.
3. Euclidean distance E_i and Taxicab distance T_i from the 2-tuple negative-ideal, using 2-tuple distance d((s_ij,α_ij),(s_j^-,α_j^-)) = |Δ⁻¹(s_ij,α_ij) − Δ⁻¹(s_j^-,α_j^-)| with criterion weights w_j.