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Jackson, Scott

Architecting resilient systems: accident avoidance and survival and recovery from disruptions / by Scott Jackson - New Delhi: John Wiley, 2010. - xviii,297 p. - Wiley series in systems engineering and management. .

Ch. 1. On Resilience --
Ch. 2. System Resilience and Related Concepts --
Ch. 3. Disruptions --
Ch. 4. Case Histories --
Ch. 5. Culture --
Ch. 6. Capabilities --
Ch. 7. Infrastructure --
Ch. 8. Resilience Architecting --
Ch. 9. Governance --
Ch. 10. Measuring Resilience --
Ch. 11. Cost --
Ch. 12. Implementation --
Ch. 13. A Summary of Themes --
Ch. 14. A Final Word --
Appendix A. Domain-Specific Example for Architecting a Fire-Protection Infrastructure System --
Appendix B.A Resilience Analysis of Metrolink 111 --
273.

The science of resilience engineering is so new that there is little agreement about what it is. This book presents a framework for implementation that any organization, public or private, can use as a guide for establishing its own procedures and processes for achieving system resilience.

ISBN: 9780470405031

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Systems engineering

Dewey Class. No.: 620.001171 / JAC-A