Guide to Computing Fundamentals in Cyber-Physical Systems: Concepts, Design Methods, and Applications

✍ Scribed by Dietmar P.F. Möller (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 435
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents an in-depth review of the state of the art of cyber-physical systems (CPS) and their applications. Relevant case studies are also provided, to help the reader to master the interdisciplinary material. Features: includes self-test exercises in each chapter, together with a glossary; offers a variety of teaching support materials at an associated website, including a comprehensive set of slides and lecture videos; presents a brief overview of the study of systems, and embedded computing systems, before defining CPS; introduces the concepts of the Internet of Things, and ubiquitous (or pervasive) computing; reviews the design challenges of CPS, and their impact on systems and software engineering; describes the ideas behind Industry 4.0 and the revolutions in digital manufacturing, including smart and agile manufacturing, as well as cybersecurity in manufacturing; considers the social impact of the changes in skills required by the globalized, digital work environment of the future.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction to Systems....Pages 1-35
Introduction to Embedded Computing Systems....Pages 37-80
Introduction to Cyber-Physical Systems....Pages 81-139
Introduction to the Internet of Things....Pages 141-184
Ubiquitous Computing....Pages 185-234
Systems and Software Engineering....Pages 235-305
Digital Manufacturing/Industry 4.0....Pages 307-375
Social Impact on Work Lives of the Future....Pages 377-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-422

✦ Subjects

Computer Communication Networks;Computational Intelligence;Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet);Math Applications in Computer Science