A NEW APPROACH FOR THE FUZZY RELIABILITY ANALYSIS IN CASE OF DISCRETE FUZZY VARIABLE

摘要

For the first time, this paper puts forwards an approach for fuzzy reliability analysis by means of the transformation from a discrete fuzzy strength to a discrete random strength when strength is a discrete fuzzy variable and stress is a discrete random variable, and compares the result obtained from the approach in the paper with the result obtained from the approach before. Therefore, the paper gives a new idea to analyze fuzzy reliability, and the approach in the paper holds true in the reliability analysis when stress is a discrete fuzzy variable and strength is a discrete random variable, or both stress and strength are discrete fuzzy variables.