Research Article

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

Table 5

Classification operational dependability between failure modes.

State

Very high, many numbers of machines malfunctioned1
Very high, loss of quality in many of machines0.9
High, an entire machine is off, a bottleneck is made for some sets of machines0.8
High, an entire machine is off0.7
Average to high, the initial performance of machine is lost but some tasks are possible to perform0.6
Average, the initial performance of machine is lost but some tasks are possible to perform0.5
Average, machine loses its functionality in some specific tasks0.4
Low, quality decrease in secondary functions of machines0.3
Low, machine loses a little part of its functionality0.2
Very low0.1
No dependability0