A performance-based tabular approach for joint systematic improvement of risk control and resilience applied to telecommunication grid, gas network, and ultrasound localization system

• Published in: Environment systems & decisions Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 286 - 329
• Main Authors: Häring, Ivo, Fehling-Kaschek, Mirjam, Miller, Natalie, Faist, Katja, Ganter, Sebastian, Srivastava, Kushal, Jain, Aishvarya Kumar, Fischer, Georg, Fischer, Kai, Finger, Jörg, Stolz, Alexander, Leismann, Tobias, Hiermaier, Stefan, Carli, Marco, Battisti, Federica, Makri, Rodoula, Celozzi, Giuseppe, Belesioti, Maria, Sfakianakis, Evangelos, Agrafioti, Evita, Chalkidou, Anastasia, Papadakis, George, Fuggini, Clemente, Bolletta, Fabio, Neri, Alberto, Giunta, Guiseppe, Scheithauer, Hermann, Höflinger, Fabian, Schott, Dominik J., Schindelhauer, Christian, Köhler, Sven, Linkov, Igor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Complex systems; Complexity; Control; Control systems; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental Management; Localization; multidisciplinary; Quality Control; Reliability; Resilience; Risk analysis; Risk management; Safety and Risk; Science; Systems Theory; Threat evaluation; Ultrasound; Resilience dimensions; System performance function; Tabular and matrix approach; Socio-technical system; ISO 31000; Joint risk and resilience analysis and management process; Engineering of resilience
• ISSN: 2194-5403; 2194-5411
• DOI: 10.1007/s10669-021-09811-5

Organizational and technical approaches have proven successful in increasing the performance and preventing risks at socio-technical systems at all scales. Nevertheless, damaging events are often unavoidable due to a wide and dynamic threat landscape and enabled by the increasing complexity of modern systems. For overall performance and risk control at the system level, resilience can be a versatile option, in particular for reducing resources needed for system development, maintenance, reuse, or disposal. This paper presents a framework for a resilience assessment and management process that builds on existing risk management practice before, during, and after potential and real events. It leverages tabular and matrix correlation methods similar as standardized in the field of risk analysis to fulfill the step-wise resilience assessment and management for critical functions of complex systems. We present data needs for the method implementation and output generation, in particular regarding the assessment of threats and the effects of counter measures. Also included is a discussion of how the results contribute to the advancement of functional risk control and resilience enhancement at system level as well as related practical implications for its efficient implementation. The approach is applied in the domains telecommunication, gas networks, and indoor localization systems. Results and implications are further discussed.