1. A method for determining a drilling malfunction, comprising: determining a correspondence between at least one drilling operating parameter and at least one drilling response parameter, the determining the correspondence performed when a parameter related to a dissipative motion of the drill string falls below a selected threshold; predicting a value of the drilling response parameter based on the correspondence and measurements of the drilling operating parameter; and determining existence of the malfunction when the predicted value is substantially different from a measured value of the drilling response parameter.