Investigating the causal relationships among failure modes, effects and causes: a system dynamics approach

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This paper aims to develop a system dynamics (SD) model to identify causal relationships among the elements of failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), i.e., failure modes, effects and causes. The literature review indicated a few studies on the application of SD methodology in the maintenance area, and no study performed on the causal interactions among FMEA elements through an FMEA-QFD based SD approach. Although the interactions of these elements are significant and helpful in risks ranking, researchers fail to investigate them sufficiently.

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