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In this paper, we argue that the subjective assessments of FMEA experts can be adopted to model the weight of each FMEA expert, which can be regarded as a data-driven method for ambiguity information modeling in FMEA method. Based on this new perspective, a modified FMEA approach is proposed, where the subjective uncertainty of FMEA experts is handled in the framework of Dempster\u2013Shafer evidence theory (DST). In the improved FMEA approach, the ambiguity measure (AM) which is an entropy-like uncertainty measure in DST framework is applied to quantify the uncertainty degree of each FMEA expert. Then, the classical risk priority number (RPN) model is improved by aggregating an AM-based weight factor into the RPN function. A case study based on the new RPN model in aircraft turbine rotor blades verifies the applicable and useful of the proposed FMEA approach.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e20110864","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,13]],"date-time":"2018-11-13T03:27:31Z","timestamp":1542079651000},"page":"864","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Modeling and Fusing the Uncertainty of FMEA Experts Using an Entropy-Like Measure with an Application in Fault Evaluation of Aircraft Turbine Rotor Blades"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Xuelian","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer and Information Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2568-9628","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yongchuan","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer and Information Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"name":"School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi\u2019an 710072, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"939","DOI":"10.1007\/s11668-018-0487-4","article-title":"Liquid Metal Corrosion Fatigue (LMCF) Failure of Aircraft Engine Turbine Blades","volume":"18","author":"Kumar","year":"2018","journal-title":"J. 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