Hu F. Cyber-physical Systems: Integrated Computing and Engineering Design

CRC Press, 2014. — 386 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4665-7701-5.Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) have become one of the hottest computer applications today. A CPS has the tight integration of cyber and physical objects. Here, the term cyber objects refers to any computing hardware/software resources that can achieve computation, communication, and control functions in a discrete, logical, and switched environment. Also, physical objects refers to any natural or human-made systems that are governed by the laws of physics and operate in continuous time. It is believed that CPSs will transform how we interact with the physical world, just like the Internet transformed how we interact with one another. A CPS could be a system at multiple scales, from big smart bridges with fluctuation detection and responding functions, to autonomous cars, to tiny implanted medical devices. As a matter of fact, the ultimate purpose of using cyber infrastructure (including sensing, computing, and communication hardware/software) is to intelligently monitor (from physical to cyber) and control (from cyber to physical) our physical world. Figure 1 illustrates such a concept.
This book will comprehensively cover the principles and design of CPSs. It is not a simple collection of different experts’ opinions. Instead, it is written in a systematic way as follows: first, it discusses the basic concept of CPS and some challenging design issues. Second, it provides the most important design theories and modeling methods for a practical CPS. Third, it discusses sensor-based CPS, which uses embedded sensors and actuators to interact with the physical world. Fourth, it discusses concrete CPS designs for popular civilian applications including building and energy management. Finally, because of the importance of human health care in society, it provides some CPS examples in rehabilitation applications such as virtual reality-based disability recovery platforms.Basics
Design Principles
Senensor-Based Cyber-Physical Systems
Civilian Cyber-Physical Systetem Application
Health Care Cyber-Physical System Application