ACM SIGBED Review · 2008 · 177 citations · 0 references
EngineeringCyber-physical-social SystemsCps Include TimelinessCritical ComputingPrototype ArchitectureCyber MonitoringSystems EngineeringCps DefinitionInternet Of ThingsCps SecurityMarine Cyber-physical SystemsComputer EngineeringDistributed SystemsComputer ScienceCyber-physical Production SystemCyber Physical SystemsAutomationControl System SecurityMedical Cps
Cyber‑Physical Systems (CPS) are an emerging research area characterized by attributes such as timeliness, distribution, reliability, fault‑tolerance, security, scalability, and autonomy, though their precise definition remains debated. The paper defines a CPS and proposes a prototype architecture. The proposed architecture is designed to embody key CPS attributes. The architecture is argued to capture essential CPS attributes and to highlight numerous research challenges.
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is an exciting emerging research area that has drawn the attention of many researchers. Although the question of "What is a CPS?" remains open, widely recognized and accepted attributes of a CPS include timeliness, distributed, reliability, fault-tolerance, security, scalability and autonomous. In this paper, a CPS definition is given and a prototype architecture is proposed. It is argued that this architecture captures the essential attributes of a CPS and lead to identification of many research challenges.