Application of Service Modular Design Based on a Fuzzy Design Structure Matrix: A Case Study from the Mining Industry

Table 3

Semantic and triangular fuzzy number representation of resource relations.

Functional relationship	Fuzzy semantics	Triangular fuzzy number
and share only part of the software resources.	Weak	(0, 0.1, 0.3)
and share hardware and human resources, but the resources are sufficient and can be completely replaced.	Unimportant	(0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
and share hardware and human resources, which are limited but replaceable.	Common	(0.4, 0.5, 0.6)
and share hardware and human resources, which are important but replaceable.	Important	(0.6, 0.7, 0.8)
and share hardware and human resources, which are critical and irreplaceable.	Very important	(0.8, 0.9, 1)