robustness

{{Short description|Ability of a system to resist change without adapting its initial stable configuration}}

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Robustness is the property of being strong and healthy in constitution. When it is transposed into a system, it refers to the ability of tolerating perturbations that might affect the system's functional body. In the same line robustness can be defined as "the ability of a system to resist change without adapting its initial stable configuration".Wieland, A., Wallenburg, C.M., 2012. [https://www.depositonce.tu-berlin.de/bitstream/11303/7030/1/wieland_wallenburg.pdf Dealing with supply chain risks: Linking risk management practices and strategies to performance]. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 42(10).

"Robustness in the small" refers to situations wherein perturbations are small in magnitude, which considers that the "small" magnitude hypothesis can be difficult to verify because "small" or "large" depends on the specific problem.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}} Conversely, "Robustness in the large problem" refers to situations wherein no assumptions can be made about the magnitude of perturbations, which can either be small or large.C.Alippi: "Robustness Analysis" chapter in Intelligence for Embedded Systems. Springer, 2014, 283pp, {{ISBN|978-3-319-05278-6}}.

It has been discussed that robustness has two dimensions: resistance and avoidance.Durach, C.F. et al. (2015), [http://openarchive.cbs.dk/bitstream/handle/10398/9123/Durach_et_al_2015_Antecedents_and_Dimensions_of_Supply_Chain_Robustness_postprint.pdf?sequence=3 Antecedents and dimensions of supply chain robustness: a systematic literature review], International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 45, No. 1/2, pp. 118-137