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Alternative indices of resilience
Author(s) -
Fiering Myron B
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr018i001p00033
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , state (computer science) , interval (graph theory) , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , reliability engineering , mathematics , engineering , business , algorithm , physics , combinatorics , thermodynamics
The concept of resilience of a water resource system is explored, and a few definitions are suggested and compared. These are based on the time required to pass from one system state to another and involve the passage to or from a state defined as failure. Some of the definitions involve probability of recovery from failure to some acceptable state within a specified time interval; thus the system's dynamics and standards are explicitly included.