Reliability prediction for evolutionary product in the conceptual design phase using neural network-based fuzzy synthetic assessment

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-555

  Liu, Yu ^a   Huang, Hong Zhong ^a   Ling, Dan ^a,b  

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

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolutionary product; Fuzzy set; Fuzzy synthetic assessment; Neural network; Reliability prediction

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DATA SETS; DOMAIN EXPERTS; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; EVOLUTIONARY PRODUCT; FUEL INJECTION PUMPS; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; FUZZY SYNTHETIC ASSESSMENT; MEAN TIME TO FAILURE; NETWORK-BASED; NEW PRODUCT; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY INDEX; RELIABILITY PREDICTION;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY SETS; LIFE CYCLE; NEURAL NETWORKS; RELIABILITY;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84870578289     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2011.617887     Document Type: Article

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