A study of defuzzification with experts' knowledge for deteriorating repairable systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 658-670

  Huang, Yeu Shiang ^a   Chang, Chi Chang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision; Decision analysis; Fuzzy sets; Repairable systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BAYESIAN DECISION; FUZZY INFORMATION; FUZZY STATES; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 2342643481     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00270-4     Document Type: Article

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