Research Article

A Novel Interval Evidential Reasoning Approach to the Physical and Mechanical Property Assessment of Particleboards

Table 3

The belief distribution of 8 characteristics.

Characteristic actBoard 1Board 2Board 3

IB, MPa{(B,0.25), (C,0.75)}{(A,0.294), (B,0.706)}{(A,0.259), (B,0.741)}
Density{(A,[0, 0.375]), (B,[0.333, 1]),(C,[0, 0.667])}{(A,[0, 0.286]), (B,[0.417, 1]),(C,[0, 0.583])}{(C,[0, 0.733]), (D,[0.267, 1]),(E,[0, 0.364])}
MOR, MPa{(B,0.846), (C,0.154)}{(B,0.846), (C,0.154)}{(D,0.841), (E,0.159)}
MOE, MPa{(C,0.956),(D,0.044)}{(C,0.471), (D,0.529)}{(D,0.92), (E,0.08)}
SB, MPa{(A,0.154), (B,0.846)}{(A,0.192), (B,0.808)}{(B,0.8), (C,0.2)}
SHF (surface){(A, 1)}{(A,0.968), (B,0.032)}{(A,0.952), (B,0.048)}
SHF (side){(A,0.443),(B,0.557)}{(B,0.53), (C,0.47)}{(A,0.459), (B,0.541)}
TS (2 h){(C,[0.01, 0.06], (D,[0.34, 0.99])}{(C,[0.45, 1]), (D,[0, 0.55])}{(B,[0, 0.545]), (C,[0.455, 1]), (D,[0, 0.15])}