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Chen, W T and Huang, Y-H (2006) Approximately predicting the cost and duration of school reconstruction projects in Taiwan. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1231-9.

Johansen, E and Wilson, B (2006) Investigating first planning in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1305-14.

Lu, S-L and Sexton, M (2006) Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1269-82.

Manley, K (2006) The innovation competence of repeat public sector clients in the Australian construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1295-304.

Navon, R and Haskaya, I (2006) Is detailed progress monitoring possible without designated manual data collection?. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1225-9.

Pan, N-F (2006) Evaluation of building performance using fuzzy FTA. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1241-52.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Building performance; failure possibility; risk assessment; FTA; fuzzy sets
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190600851066
  • Abstract:

    Estimating exact probabilities of occurrence of fault events for use in the conventional fault tree analysis (FTA) is difficult when failure data are insufficient or fault events are imprecise such as human error. A hybrid approach employing fuzzy sets and possibility theory is proposed to overcome this problem. In this approach, failure possibilities of vague events are characterised by fuzzy sets to translate expert subjective judgements while fuzzy fault rates are derived from fuzzy possibility scores based on a transformed Onisawa’s possibility function. An example of beam failure illustrates the use of the approach and demonstrates the capability of the model that can assist safety engineers to effectively assess fault possibilities and better evaluate building performance.

Teo, E A-L and Harikrishna, N (2006) A quantitative model for efficient maintenance of plastered and painted façades. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1283-93.

Tokdemir, O B, Arditi, D and Balcik, C (2006) ALISS: Advanced Linear Scheduling System. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1253-67.