Integrating FMEA and WASPAS in a fuzzy environment to risk assessment and ranking: A Real-life Case Study

Jian  Xiao

doi:10.6180/jase.202408_27(8).0001

Integrating FMEA and WASPAS in a fuzzy environment to risk assessment and ranking: A Real-life Case Study

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School of Business, Zhejiang Fashion Institute of Technology, Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang, China

Received: May 11, 2023
Accepted: September 7, 2023
Publication Date: November 13, 2023

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This study evaluated a hydraulic pump house in Iran by identifying and assessing potential failures. The research team used fuzzy Shannon entropy to determine the weight of risk priority number (RPN) criteria. A combination of WASPAS and FMEA methods was used to evaluate and rank failures. The proposed ranking closely aligned with expert opinions, demonstrating the model’s effectiveness. Inadequate feeding rates were identified as the most critical failure. The study’s findings suggest its applicability to other decision problems in uncertain conditions, emphasizing the impact of risk assessment indicators, cost index, and fuzzy uncertainty modeling on failure ranking.

Keywords: Linguistic entropy weight method; WASPAS; FMEA; RPN; Fuzzy Set; Risk Assessment.

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