RELIABILITY ANALYSIS FOR MULTI-STATE SYSTEM BASED ON TRIANGULAR FUZZY VARIETY SUBSET BAYESIAN NETWORKS

In this paper, a novel reliability analysis method for multi-state system is proposed on the basis of triangular fuzzy variety subset Bayesian network (BN). The method considers fuzziness, multi-state, and variety of failure probability over time. With advantages in modeling and computation, the BN is utilized for reliability analysis. Fuzzy set theory is introduced into the BN analysis by using triangular fuzzy variety subset to describe failure probability. The uncertainty of fault logical relationship between different nodes is described through fuzzy conditional probability tables. As a function of time, the failure probability of each root node is analyzed first. Subsequently, the triangle fuzzy variety subset is established to describe the fuzzy failure probability of root nodes. This subset is applied to analyze the reliability of multi-state system fuzzy BN. Finally, a case study on the car free movement accident of flexible high-speed elevator lift system is used to demonstrate the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed method. Results show that the proposed approach could effectively address the problems on information uncertainty and multi-state in the early stage.