Research Article

A Comprehensive Reliability Assessment Method for Existing Railway Bridges Based on Bayesian Theory

Table 7

Scale grade and state description.

Level of scaleState description

1When node is compared with node , the quantization index of importance is 1, indicating that node and node are equally important
3When node is compared with node , the quantization index of importance is 3, indicating that node is slightly more important than node
5When node is compared with node , the quantization index of importance is 5, indicating that node is significantly more important than node
7When node is compared with node , the quantization index of importance is 7, indicating that node is more important than node
9When node is compared with node , the quantization index of importance is 9, indicating that node is extremely important than node
2, 4, 6, 8When node is compared with node , the quantification index of importance is 2, 4, 6, or 8, indicating that node and node are in the middle of the above judgment
The scale grade is reciprocalWhen node is compared with node , the quantified index of importance is , and when node is compared with node , the quantized index of importance is