Pairwise comparison based failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)

Edina Kulcsár; Tamás Csiszér; János Abonyi

doi:10.1016/j.mex.2020.101007

Pairwise comparison based failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)

MethodsX. 2020 Jul 23:7:101007. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.101007. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Edina Kulcsár¹, Tamás Csiszér², János Abonyi¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Pannonia, MTA-PE "Lendület" Complex Systems Monitoring Research Group, POB 158, 8200 Veszprém, Hungary.
² Óbuda University, Sándor Rejtő Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Protection Engineering, Budapest, Doberdó street 6, 1034, Hungary.

Abstract

The proposed method supports the determination of severity (S), occurrence (O), and detection (D) indices of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). Previously evaluated and previously not studied risks are compared in pairwise comparison. The analysis of the resulted pairwise comparison matrix provides information about the consistency of the risk evaluations and allows the estimation of the indices of the previously not evaluated risks. The advantages of the method include:•The pairwise comparison facilities the identification of risks that are otherwise difficult to evaluate•The inconsistency of existing FMEA studies can be highlighted and systematically reduced•The method can be generalized about a wide range of grading problems.

Keywords: Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Consistency; Risk assessment.