Integrated system for maintenance and safety management through FMECA principles and fuzzy inference engine

European Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-169

  Savino, Matteo Mario ^a   Brun, Alessandro ^b   Riccio, Carlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Centro Direzionale Is C7 Torre Alessandro Int 11   (Italy)

Author keywords

Failure mode effects and criticality analysis; FMECA; Fuzzy logic; Production system; Safety risk evaluation

Indexed keywords

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); ENGINES; FAILURE MODES; FUZZY LOGIC; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CRITICALITY ANALYSIS; CRITICALITY EVALUATIONS; FMECA; HIGH SPEED TRAIN (HST); INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SAFETY RISKS;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

EID: 79955432731     PISSN: 17515254     EISSN: 17515262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2011.039870     Document Type: Article

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