Conceptualizing resilience in engineering systems: An analysis of the literature

• Published in: Systems engineering Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 3 - 13
• Main Authors: Wied, Morten, Oehmen, Josef, Welo, Torgeir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Engineering; Life cycle engineering; Morphology; Resilience; SEE01 Systems thinking; SEE10 Project Planning/Assessment/Control; SEE13 Risk and Opportunity Management

It is now widely recognized that many important events in the life cycle of complex engineering systems cannot be foreseen in advance. From its origin in ecological systems, operating without the use of foresight, resilience theory prescribes presuming ignorance about the future, and designing syste...