Fuzzy approach to dependability performance evaluation

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 779-792

  Ivezić, Dejan ^a   Tanasijević, Miloš ^a   Ignjatović, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dependability; Fuzzy sets; Maintainability; Maintenance support; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; FUZZY SETS; MAINTAINABILITY; MAINTENANCE; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS; DEPENDABILITY; DEPENDABILITY ANALYSES; FUZZY APPROACHES; LINGUISTIC VARIABLES; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; PRACTICAL ENGINEERINGS; TECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 55649104367     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.926     Document Type: Article

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