Reliability and Resilience Modeling and Quantification

This chapter presents the traditional reliability metrics and their applicability, focusing on resilience, one of the extended reliability metrics. A detailed overview of potential multiple hazards and methods of predicting and quantifying them is given. Existing definitions of resilience are reviewed, as well as methods of assessment and quantifications. In the context of robustness and restoration ability, quantifications of resilience are proposed for both nonrepairable and repairable systems under multiple hazards. A detailed discussion of system recovery is included. Specifically, importance measures are recommended to identify components' failures and repairs that have the greatest impact on system performance.