Title
Self-tuning of fuzzy belief rule bases for engineering system safety analysis
Abstract
A framework for modelling the safety of an engineering system using a fuzzy rule-based evidential reasoning (FURBER) approach has been recently proposed, where a fuzzy rule-base designed on the basis of a belief structure (called a belief rule base )f orms a basis in the inference mechanism of FURBER. However, it is difficult to accurately deter- mine the parameters of a fuzzy belief rule base (FBRB) entirely subjectively, in particular for complex systems. As such, there is a need to develop a supporting mechanism that can be used to train in a locally optimal way a FBRB initially built using expert knowledge. In this paper, the methods for self-tuning a FBRB for engineering system safety analysis are investigated on the basis of a previous study. The method consists of a number of single and multiple objective nonlinear optimization models. The above framework is applied to model the system safety of a marine engineering system and the case study is used to demonstrate how the methods can be implemented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/s10479-008-0327-0
Annals OR
Keywords
Field
DocType
Safety analysis,Uncertainty,Fuzzy logic,Belief rule-base,Evidential reasoning,Optimization
System safety,Inference,Nonlinear programming,Belief structure,Fuzzy logic,Self-tuning,Artificial intelligence,Evidential reasoning approach,Machine learning,Mathematics,Fuzzy rule
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
163
1
0254-5330
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
25
0.97
13
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jun Liu164456.21
Jian-Bo Yang23832203.05
Da Ruan32008112.05
Luis Martínez4644.50
Jin Wang531713.43