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Record Nr.

UNINA9910840994403321

Autore

Jackson Scott

Titolo

Architecting resilient systems [[electronic resource] ] : accident avoidance and survival and recovery from disruptions / / Scott Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2010

ISBN

1-282-45502-8

9786612455025

0-470-54401-5

0-470-54399-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in systems engineering and management

Disciplina

620.001171

620.7

Soggetti

Reliability (Engineering)

Systems engineering

System safety

Industrial safety

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

ARCHITECTING RESILIENT SYSTEMS; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Terminology; Chapter 1 On Resilience; Chapter 2 System Resilience and Related Concepts; Chapter 3 Disruptions; Chapter 4 Case Histories; Chapter 5 Culture; Chapter 6 Capabilities; Chapter 7 Infrastructure; Chapter 8 Resilience Architecting; Chapter 9 Governance; Chapter 10 Measuring Resilience; Chapter 11 Cost; Chapter 12 Implementation; Chapter 13 A Summary of Themes; Chapter 14 A Final Word; Appendix A Domain-Specific Example for Architecting a Fire-Protection Infrastructure System

Appendix B A Resilience Analysis of Metrolink 111References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A complete framework for any organization on achieving resilience in the event of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or internal failures The study of resilience encompasses the processes, disciplines, and infrastructure that need to be in place to anticipate and prevent major accidents, survive unprecedented disruptions, and maintain systems



operation. Architecting Resilient Systems presents a framework for implementation that both public and private organizations can use as a guide to establishing procedures for anticipating, surviving, and recovering from disruptions. Relying on