Cyber-Physical Systems A Model-Based Approach

Free Download Walid M. Taha, "Cyber-Physical Systems: A Model-Based Approach"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 3030360709, 3030360733 | PDF | pages: 205 | 4.3 mb
In this concise yet comprehensive Open Access textbook, futureinventors are introduced to the key concepts of Cyber-Physical Systems(CPS). Using modeling as a way to develop deeper understanding of thecomputational and physical components of these systems, one can express new designs in a way that facilitates their simulation,visualization, and analysis. Concepts are introduced in across-disciplinary way. Leveraging hybrid (continuous/discrete) systems as a unifying framework and Acumen as a modeling environment,the book bridges the conceptual gap in modeling skills needed forphysical systems on the one hand and computational systems on theother. In doing so, the book gives the reader the modeling and designskills they need to build smart, IT-enabled products.Starting with a look at various examples and characteristics ofCyber-Physical Systems, the book progresses to explain how the areabrings together several previously distinct ones such as EmbeddedSystems, Control Theory, and Mechatronics.Featuring a simulation-based project that focuses on a roboticsproblem (how to design a robot that can play ping-pong) as a usefulexample of a CPS domain, Cyber-Physical Systems: A Model-BasedApproach demonstrates the intimate coupling between cyber and physical components, and how designing robots reveals several non-trivialcontrol problems, significant embedded and real-time computationrequirements, and a need to consider issues of communication andpreconceptions.