A weight restricted DEA model for FMEA risk prioritization

In this paper we present a linear programming (LP) approach to risk prioritization in failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). The LP is a data envelopment analysis (DEA)-based model considering weight restriction. In a FMEA, we commonly consider three criteria to prioritize the failure modes, occu...

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Main Authors: Pauli Adriano de Almada Garcia, Ilton Curty Leal Junior, Murilo Alvarenga Oliveira
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Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO) 2012-01-01
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Ilton Curty Leal Junior
Murilo Alvarenga Oliveira
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description In this paper we present a linear programming (LP) approach to risk prioritization in failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). The LP is a data envelopment analysis (DEA)-based model considering weight restriction. In a FMEA, we commonly consider three criteria to prioritize the failure modes, occurrence, severity and detectability. These criteria are in an ordinal scale commonly varying from 1 to 10, higher the figure worse the result. Considering the values established for each criteria, in traditional FMEA one adopts a Risk Priority Number, calculated considering the product of criteria, which has been very criticized due to its shortcoming. Through the proposed approach a frontier is established considering the less critical failure modes. Considering this frontier, one can establish how much each failure mode must be improved to become relatively acceptable. A simplified case concerning an AFWS of a two loops PWR power plant is presented to shows the applicability of the proposed approach.
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spelling doaj-art-250afe67833c4b4699b5fed70ff1097e2025-08-20T03:54:52ZengAssociação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO)Production0103-65132012-01-01ahead010.1590/S0103-65132012005000092A weight restricted DEA model for FMEA risk prioritizationPauli Adriano de Almada GarciaIlton Curty Leal JuniorMurilo Alvarenga OliveiraIn this paper we present a linear programming (LP) approach to risk prioritization in failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). The LP is a data envelopment analysis (DEA)-based model considering weight restriction. In a FMEA, we commonly consider three criteria to prioritize the failure modes, occurrence, severity and detectability. These criteria are in an ordinal scale commonly varying from 1 to 10, higher the figure worse the result. Considering the values established for each criteria, in traditional FMEA one adopts a Risk Priority Number, calculated considering the product of criteria, which has been very criticized due to its shortcoming. Through the proposed approach a frontier is established considering the less critical failure modes. Considering this frontier, one can establish how much each failure mode must be improved to become relatively acceptable. A simplified case concerning an AFWS of a two loops PWR power plant is presented to shows the applicability of the proposed approach.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-65132012005000092FMEARisk priority numberDEAWeight restriction
spellingShingle Pauli Adriano de Almada Garcia
Ilton Curty Leal Junior
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FMEA
Risk priority number
DEA
Weight restriction
title A weight restricted DEA model for FMEA risk prioritization
title_full A weight restricted DEA model for FMEA risk prioritization
title_fullStr A weight restricted DEA model for FMEA risk prioritization
title_full_unstemmed A weight restricted DEA model for FMEA risk prioritization
title_short A weight restricted DEA model for FMEA risk prioritization
title_sort weight restricted dea model for fmea risk prioritization
topic FMEA
Risk priority number
DEA
Weight restriction
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