ABSTRACT
A cyber physical system (CPS) is a “system of systems”, where complex and heterogeneous systems interact in a continuous manner and proper regulation of it necessitates careful co-design of the overall architecture of CPS. CPS are a new class of engineered systems that offer close interaction between cyber and physical components. This field of CPS has been identified as a key area of research and CPS are expected to play a major role in the design and development of future embedded products. CPS has become an advanced technology which paves the way for the interconnection, computation and control of all the physical devices through embedded processors. CPS has transformed the way in which the physical things in the world interact, compute and control processes. The complete design architecture of CPS has three major parts: (i) embedded and real-time systems, (ii) distributed sensor systems and (iii) control and monitoring systems.
This chapter, Investigations of Design Challenges, Techniques and Applications of Cyber Physical Systems, explores the engineering system perspective needed to design and build complex cyber physical systems. The contents also focus on techniques for the design of real-time control and adaptation to achieve real-time dynamic control and behavioural adaptation in diverse environments, such as clouds, and in network-challenged spaces. It addresses the foundational issues across CPS to design secure and resilient systems for rapidly evolving applications. CPS has applications in almost all sectors, such as medical, agriculture, defence, transport, design and construction of smart buildings, manufacturing technology, industry automation and aerospace.
The objective of this chapter is to address the design challenges in CPS, such as the selection of suitable embedded processors and their interfacing with the sensors, selection of low-cost sensors for different applications, and the selection of efficient control and monitoring systems. In the near future, CPS will revolutionize how human will interact with, control and monitor the physical system around us.
