A Novel Approach for FMEA: Combination of Interval 2-Tuple Linguistic Variables and Gray Relational Analysis

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 761-772

  Liu, Hu Chen ^a,b   Li, Ping ^c,d   You, Jian Xin ^a,b   Chen, Yi Zeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital   (China)

^d Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

failure mode and effect analysis; gray relational analysis; interval 2 tuple

Indexed keywords

FAILURE MODES;

2-TUPLE; 2-TUPLE LINGUISTIC; CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS; GRAY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; MULTI-GRANULARITY; POTENTIAL FAILURES; RISK PRIORITY NUMBER;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 84937736469     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.1633     Document Type: Article

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