Title of article
Fuzzy Based Design for Third-Party Pipeline Failures in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Author/Authors
ARIAVIE, GO University of Benin - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nigeria , EMETITIRI, RE University of Benin - Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria , ONONEME, OE University of Benin - Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria , OLOWU, ID University of Benin - Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigeria
From page
235
To page
241
Abstract
A Fuzzy based design for assessing failures of pipelines occasioned by third party in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria has been proposed in this study. Twelve factors earlier identified by Ariavie et al (2010), were further grouped into four, viz : violence, desperation, misconduct and agricultural categories to allow for a less tedious rule base development. Each category has inputs (base inputs) plugged into it which is in turn plugged into another system (main engine). Based on this, the fuzzy model was designed, using MATLAB fuzzy toolbox to develop a hypothetical simulation which simply involves the feeding of randomly generated values between 0 and 1 to the controllers. The evaluation process of the first expert is presented and obtained for the four categories Risk values as 0.533, 0.509, 0.442 and 0.552 for violence, desperation, misconduct and agricultural respectively, with total risk value being 0.063
Keywords
Fuzzy logic design , Third , party pipeline failures , Risk analysis
Journal title
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Journal title
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Record number
2659278
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