An approach to system reliability analysis with fuzzy random variables

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-46

  Wang, Zhonglai ^a   Huang, Hong Zhong ^a   Li, Yanfeng ^a   Pang, Yu ^a   Xiao, Ning Cong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Fuzziness; Fuzzy random variables; Lack of data; System reliability

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PROCESS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; FUZZINESS; FUZZY RANDOM VARIABLE; LACK OF DATA; MODEL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY MODEL; RELIABILITY MODELING; SADDLE POINT; SADDLE-POINT APPROXIMATION; SECOND DEVELOPMENT; STOCHASTIC FACTORS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TIME-DEPENDENT;

DEGRADATION; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; RANDOM VARIABLES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859617308     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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