A novel approach for analyzing the reliability of series-parallel system using credibility theory and different types of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1021-1035

  Garg, Harish ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Credibility theory; Fuzzy reliability; Intuitionistic fuzzy numbers; Series parallel system; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CREDIBILITY THEORY; FUZZY RELIABILITY; INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY NUMBER; SERIES-PARALLEL SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 84957989582     PISSN: 16785878     EISSN: 18063691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40430-014-0284-2     Document Type: Article

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