Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2024, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 1491-1506.doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2024.000124

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New density clustering-based approach for failure mode and effect analysis considering opinion evolution and bounded confidence

Jian WANG1(), Jingyi ZHU1(), Hua SHI2,*(), Huchen LIU3()   

  1. 1 School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
    2 School of Materials, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai 201306, China
    3 School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • Received:2023-07-12 Online:2024-12-18 Published:2025-01-14
  • Contact: Hua SHI E-mail:jwang@t.shu.edu.cn;hnkfzjy@163.com;shihuatongji@sina.com;huchenliu@tongji.edu.cn
  • About author:
    WANG Jian was born in 1974. He received his Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering and management from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. He is currently a professor in management science and engineering in Shanghai University, China. His research interests include quality management, manufacturing management, and R&D management. E-mail: jwang@t.shu.edu.cn

    ZHU Jingyi was born in 1999. She received her B.S. degree in business school from Henan University, Kaifeng, China in 2017. She is pursuing her M.S. degree in management science and engineering from Shanghai University. Her research interests include failure mode and effects analysis, group consensus and group decision making. E-mail: hnkfzjy@163.com

    SHI Hua was born in 1980. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in management science and engineering from Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, in 2017 and 2020 respectively. He is currently an associate professor with the School of Materials, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, China. His research interests include quality management, artificial intelligence and uncertain decision-making. E-mail: shihuatongji@sina.com

    LIU Huchen was born in 1984. He received his M.S. degree in industrial engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2010, and Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering and management from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 2013. He is currently a professor at the School of Economics and Management, Tongji University. His research interests include quality engineering, reliability management, and Quality 4.0. E-mail: huchenliu@tongji.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (22120240094) and Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education China(22YJA630082).

Abstract:

Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is a preventative risk evaluation method used to evaluate and eliminate failure modes within a system. However, the traditional FMEA method exhibits many deficiencies that pose challenges in practical applications. To improve the conventional FMEA, many modified FMEA models have been suggested. However, the majority of them inadequately address consensus issues and focus on achieving a complete ranking of failure modes. In this research, we propose a new FMEA approach that integrates a two-stage consensus reaching model and a density peak clustering algorithm for the assessment and clustering of failure modes. Firstly, we employ the interval 2-tuple linguistic variables (I2TLVs) to express the uncertain risk evaluations provided by FMEA experts. Then, a two-stage consensus reaching model is adopted to enable FMEA experts to reach a consensus. Next, failure modes are categorized into several risk clusters using a density peak clustering algorithm. Finally, the proposed FMEA is illustrated by a case study of load-bearing guidance devices of subway systems. The results show that the proposed FMEA model can more easily to describe the uncertain risk information of failure modes by using the I2TLVs; the introduction of an endogenous feedback mechanism and an exogenous feedback mechanism can accelerate the process of consensus reaching; and the density peak clustering of failure modes successfully improves the practical applicability of FMEA.

Key words: failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), interval 2-tuple linguistic variable (I2TLV), consensus reaching, density peak clustering algorithm