A Multisource Uncertainty Fusion Reliability Evaluation Method for the Control Rod Drive Mechanism of Nuclear Power Plants

Table 1

A summary of closely related literature and the present work.

Fusing uncertainties	Authors	Method description
Random and fuzzy	Dong and Wang [19]	Equivalent probability density function
	Guo et al. [20]	Equivalent probability density function
	Valdebenito et al. [21]	Approximate calculation
	You et al. [22]	Envelope distribution
	Zhang et al. [23]	Information entropy
Random and interval	Elishakoff and Colombi [24]	Convex model theory
	Du [25]	Evidence theory
	Deng [26]	Mixed reliability index
	Li et al. [27]	Normal and standard variable conversion
	Wang et al. [28]	Upper and lower bounds
	Yang et al. [29]	Kriging model and Monte Carlo simulation
	Yang et al. [30]	Kriging model and Monte Carlo simulation
	Zhang et al. [31]	Kriging model and Monte Carlo simulation
	Liu and Elishakoff [32]	Kriging model and Monte Carlo simulation
Fuzzy and interval	Gao and Zhang [39]	Information entropy
	Wang and Matthies [40]	Two-stage analysis framework
	Lü et al. [41]	Interval variables with fuzzy limits
	Li and Nie [42]	Fuzzy decomposition theorem
Random and fuzzy and interval	An et al. [43]	Iterative first-order reliability method
	Tang et al. [44]	Subintervals and evidence theory
	Zhang et al. [45]	Uniformity variable conversion