Cyber Physical Systems — Convergence of Physical and Information Sciences

Abstract

Abstract Recent attention to Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) is driven by the need for deeper integration of design disciplines that dominate physical and computational domains. Consequently, heterogeneity is the norm as well as the main challenge in CPS design: components and systems are modeled using multiple physical, logical, functional and non-functional modeling aspects. The scope of relevant design domains includes (1) physical domains, such as structure, mechanical dynamics, thermal, propulsion, fluid, electrical, acoustics, vibration and (2) computational, networking domains, used for implementing system control, sensors, health management, mission management, communication. The need for deep integration of these interrelated facets of CPS opens up a rich research agenda towards establishing a new systems science that is simultaneously physical and computational.