Analysis of the Definitions of Resilience

Several studies have proposed different definitions of resilience during the past two decades. While reviews of part of the literature were published, a comparative analysis of the extant definitions is still lacking. This article critically analyzes the current definitions of resilience and show their limits and applicability domains especially in control theoretic situations. Further contributions of this article are the conversion of several qualitative definitions into quantitative ones and the determination of the level of compliancy of the discussed definitions with desirable properties, such as monotony in the variables.