Reliability assessment refers to the process of evaluating reliability of components or
systems during their lifespan or prior to their implementation. In the manufacturing industry …

Abstract Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a well-established and well-understood technique,
widely used for dependability evaluation of a wide range of systems. Although many …

The concept of sustainability is becoming an essential philosophy for numerous industrial
sectors because of the increase in environmental protection and social obligations …

Fault tree analysis (FTA) is a very prominent method to analyze the risks related to safety
and economically critical assets, like power plants, airplanes, data centers and web shops …

A selection of appropriate supplier is one of the most critical tasks for companies as the
success of companies depends on critical decisions such as supplier selection. A selection …

Safety and reliability are rigorously assessed during the design of dependable systems.
Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) processes are comprehensive, structured and logical …

Unlike an ordinary fuzzy set, the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS), characterized both
by a membership degree and by a non-membership degree, is a more flexible way to …

The concept of an intuitionistic fuzzy number (IFN) is of importance for quantifying an ill-
known quantity, and the ranking of IFNs is a very difficult problem. The aim of this paper is to …

Path finding models attempt to provide efficient approaches for finding shortest paths in
networks. A well-known shortest path algorithm is the Dijkstra algorithm. This paper …

Triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TIFNs) are a special intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) on a
real number set, which are very useful for decision makers (DMs) to depict their fuzzy …