An Evidential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Using Linguistic Terms

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 993-1010

  Li, Zhen ^a   Xiao, Fuyuan ^a   Fei, Liguo ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^b   Deng, Yong ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer evidence theory belief function; failure mode and effects analysis; linguistic terms; pignistic transformation; risk priority numbers

Indexed keywords

FAILURE MODES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

DEMPSTER SHAFER EVIDENCE THEORY; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; LINGUISTIC TERMS; PIGNISTIC TRANSFORMATION; RISK PRIORITY NUMBER;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 84997132295     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.2075     Document Type: Article

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