Fuzzy-FMECA Decision-Making Tool for Assessment and Analysis of Performance of Urban Sewerage Networks
Publication: Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
Volume 13, Issue 1
Abstract
Sustainable and effective management of urban sewerage networks (USNs) require relevant, appropriate, and effective decision support tools. This article proposes an innovative decision-making methodology, namely, the fuzzy failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA) method, based on the fuzzy logic of risk, severity, and detectability indexes as defined in FMECA. Fuzzy-FMECA is based on rules that connect the concepts of inductive reasoning, logical implications for inferred knowledge of USNs using linguistic or numerical descriptions of the risk, gravity, and detectability indexes. The application of the proposed methodology to a practical case study of the USN of Oued M’Kacel in the city of Algiers, Algeria, proves its effectiveness. Furthermore, the performance of USNs from the proposed fuzzy-FMECA is compared to the performance from FMECA. The results show that the fuzzy-FMECA method can help sewerage managers assess the rehabilitation and prioritization of USNs in a more effective way.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MHER) for the research grant awarded for this research to the first author. They also thank the SEAAL sanitation services for providing the data and information used in the case study presented in this article. This article was the result of a scientific collaboration between the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the USTHB of Algiers (Algeria) and the Department of Civil Engineering of the Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada (Kingston, Ontario). Finally, the authors would like to acknowledge the constructive suggestions and review comments on an earlier version of this manuscript by Kristine Mattson and two anonymous reviewers.
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Received: Dec 8, 2020
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Published online: Nov 26, 2021
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