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Risk assessment of fishing vessels using fuzzy set approach

Pillay, A and Wang, J (2002) Risk assessment of fishing vessels using fuzzy set approach. International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 9 (2). pp. 163-181. ISSN 0218-5393

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Abstract

The data available from fishing vessels are scarce and often accompanied with a high degree of uncertainty. For this reason the use of conventional probabilistic risk assessment may not be well-suited. This paper proposes a method using fuzzy set theory (FST) to model the occurrence likelihood and consequences of failure for the identified hazards on a fishing vessel. The method uses fault tree analysis to calculate the fuzzy probability of the system failure. The consequences of failure for each basic event within the fault tree are considered for 4 different categories. The risk of the basic events is determined by combining the likelihood of occurrence and consequences of failure in linguistic terms and is further defuzzified to produce a risk ranking. The application of this method is demonstrated using a hydraulic winch operating system of a fishing vessel.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Electronic version of an article published as International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 9(2), 2002, 163-181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218539302000743 © World Scientific Publishing Company
Uncontrolled Keywords: 0104 Statistics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
Divisions: Maritime & Mechanical Engineering (merged with Engineering 10 Aug 20)
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Date Deposited: 07 Dec 2018 12:27
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2021 02:09
DOI or ID number: 10.1142/S0218539302000743
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9759
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