Resilient design properties of a driverless transport system

Abstract

From its origin in ecology, resilient system properties have attracted wider interest for their applications to man-made systems. Previous research has shown that a simple conceptual model seems to capture much resilience thinking across disciplines and system types. In this paper, we apply that model to study resilient properties in the design and development of an autonomous public transport system, attempting to circumvent the problem of commitment under uncertainty. We identify a number of resilient system properties and classify them by function into six distinct categories.