Capacity (glossary)

An attribute of resilience that includes all capabilities to enable a system to withstand a disruption – adapted from (Jackson 2010)

Source(s)

Jackson, S. 2010. Architecting Resilient Systems: Accident Avoidance and Survival and Recovery from Disruptions. Edited by A. P. Sage, Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

Discussion

This term is an a accumulation of terms defined by Woods (2006).

Woods, David D. 2006. "Essential Characteristics of Resilience." In Resilience Engineering: Concepts and Precepts. Edited by E. Hollnagel, D. D. Woods, and N. Leveson. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited.