Risk evaluation in failure mode and effects analysis using fuzzy weighted geometric mean

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 2 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1195-1207

  Wang, Ying Ming ^a,b   Chin, Kwai Sang ^b   Poon, Gary Ka Kwai ^b   Yang, Jian Bo ^c  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centroid defuzzification; Failure mode and effects analysis; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy risk priority numbers; Fuzzy weighted geometric mean

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOMETRY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINGUISTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CENTROID DEFUZZIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL PROCESS; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; FUZZY RISK PRIORITY NUMBERS; FUZZY WEIGHTED GEOMETRIC MEAN; LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; POTENTIAL FAILURES; RISK PRIORITY NUMBER;

FAILURE MODES;

EID: 56349166784     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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