Robustness
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Reliability, robustness and [[Fault Tolerance|fault tolerance]] can be achieved by | Reliability, robustness and [[Fault Tolerance|fault tolerance]] can be achieved by | ||
[[Redundancy|redundancy]] and [[Replication|replication]]. | [[Redundancy|redundancy]] and [[Replication|replication]]. | ||
| + | In his paper [http://www.institutnicod.org/Reduction/7.OntComplSys.pdf The Ontology of Complex Systems], William Wimsatt gives the following definition of robustness: | ||
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| + | :''Things are robust if they are accessible (detectable, measureable, derivable, defineable, produceable, or the like) in a variety of independent ways.'' | ||
Basically, a system is robust if a certain operation or process can be achieved | Basically, a system is robust if a certain operation or process can be achieved | ||
