Multi criteria FMECA for coal-fired thermal power plants using COPRAS-G

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 601-614

  Adhikary, Debasis Das ^a   Bose, Goutam Kumar ^a   Bose, Dipankar ^b   Mitra, Souren ^c  

^a HALDIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS TRAINING AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coal fired thermal power plant; COPRAS G; FMECA; Grey number; Human factor; Multi criteria; Operating environment; Risk priority number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897946243     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJQRM-04-2013-0068     Document Type: Article

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