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Combinatorial Reliability Analysis of Multi State Systems Under Epistemic Uncertainty.

Author(s):Roychaudhury Shamik1, Piyush Sharma2, shreyadas3

Affiliation: 1,2,3Department of Electrical Engineering. 1,2,3Narnarayan Shastri institute of technology, Ahmedabad, India

Page No: 14-18

Volume issue & Publishing Year: Volume 1 Issue 6, OCT-2024

Journal: International Journal of Advanced Engineering Application (IJAEA)

ISSN NO: 3048-6807

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Abstract:
Multi-state systems (MSSs) are often found in real-world applications where components or the system as a whole can exhibit multiple performance levels or states. This multi-state nature poses significant challenges for reliability evaluation. Multi-valued decision diagrams (MDDs) are effective for assessing the reliability of MSSs under the assumption that system parameters are deterministic. However, in many real-world scenarios, it is difficult to ascertain the precise values of such parameters due to epistemic uncertainty. This paper addresses MDD-based reliability analysis of MSSs by integrating both interval theory and fuzzy set theory to account for epistemic uncertainty. The proposed methods are applied to a high-speed train bogie system to verify their effectiveness, with the results showing that the proposed methods provide practical reliability assessments under uncertain conditions.

Keywords: Multi-state system, multi-valued decision diagram, Epistemic uncertainty, Interval theory, Fuzzy set theory.

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