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| No. | Method | Advantages | Disadvantages |
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| 1 | AGREE | Good detail | Only applicable to systems in series |
| | | | Partial subjectivity of the analyst |
| 2 | ARINC | Application simplicity
Objectivity | Only applicable to systems in series
Only applicable in the initial phases |
| 3 | BRACHA | Exact analytical treatment | Not easy determination of stress factors |
| | | | Components criticality not considered |
| 4 | KARMIOL | Very good detail | Subjectivity of the analyst |
| | | Applicable to innovative systems | Applicable to systems in series |
| 5 | FOO | Application simplicity | Discrete ordinal scales of measure |
| 6 | BOYD | Applicable to innovative systems
Versatility | System factors are not equally weighted
Only applicable to systems in series of the initial phases |
| 7 | IFM | Good detail applicable to innovative systems | Only applicable to systems in series |
| 8 | A- IFM | Applicable into different design phases in different industries and fields
Accurate and realistic | Components or parts improvement not considered |
| 9 | RPN-Based | Consider reliability improvement impact on system performance | May allocate a high reliability to a subsystem having a high severity |
| 10 | ME-OWA | Accurate and flexible
Applicable to systems in series-parallel | Partial subjectivity of the analyst |
| 11 | CFM | Application simplicity | Irrespective reliability improvement |
| | | Applicable to systems in series-parallel | |
| 12 | ACFM | Good detail | Irrespective reliability improvement |
| | | Applicable to systems in series-parallel | |
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