Cyber-Physical Systems - Concept, Challenges and Research Areas

Abstract

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) represent an emerging research area that has attracted the attention of many researchers. Starting from the definition of CPS, the paper discusses the need for these systems implementation in various application domains and the research challenges for defining an appropriate formalism that represent more than networking and information technology - the information and knowledge will be integrated into physical objects. As CPSs are expected to play a major role in the design and development of future engineering systems, a short state of the art regarding the main CPS research areas (generic architecture, design principles, modeling, dependability, and implementation) ends the paper.