Title :
Jury evaluation of design safety
Author :
Ward, Thomas L. ; DePuy, Gail W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Louisville Univ., KY, USA
Abstract :
This paper proposes a fuzzy set theoretic procedure for evaluating the degree of safety of a design. One may apply the procedure to a component or system during preliminary design or during service life. The procedure is initiated by a safety engineering judge who devises a set of hierarchical rules or instructions which, if met, assure safe performance. A safety engineering jury then considers and renders a verdict regarding the truth of each rule and the truth of the conclusion that the component or system is safe
Keywords :
design engineering; fuzzy set theory; product development; safety; design safety; fuzzy set theory; hierarchical rules; product safety evaluation; safety engineering; Accidents; Costs; Design engineering; Electronic mail; Fuzzy sets; Industrial engineering; Process design; Product design; Product safety; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4778-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1998.728202
