Research Article

A Hybrid Approach to Failure Analysis Using Stochastic Petri Nets and Ranking Generalized Fuzzy Numbers

Table 2

Comparison results of Figure 3.

Ranking methodSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Set 6Set 7Set 8

Cheng's method [14]0.58310.70710.58310.58310.58310.58310.4610.58310.4243 0.58310.58310.76730.72410.680.72750.7462
Chu and Tsao’s method [15]0.150.250.150.150.150.150.120.150.15 −0.150.150.2870.26190.22810.26240.2784
Murakami et al.’s method [16]0.30.50.30.41760.30.30.23330.30.4167 −0.30.30.60.50.440.53330.525
Yager's method [17]0.30.50.30.30.30.30.30.30.3 −0.30.30.60.50.440.53330.525
S. J. Chen and S. M. Chen's method [18]0.44560.48840.42390.44560.44560.47280.3565 0.44560.4240.860.44560.74730.41280.40050.37190.41550.3979
S. M. Chen and J. H. Chen’s method [11]0.25790.42980.25370.25790.25790.27740.20630.25790.25371−0.2580.25790.44280.40430.33540.40790.4196
Lee and Chen's method [19]0.609760.702230.615310.609760.60980.62990.50980.60970.61530.880.52440.52230.71520.69680.65070.68960.6695
The proposed method0.515781.719250.507370.515770.51580.55470.464190.51570.50733−0.51581.37541.69230.76920.65211.60531.462