[PDF] Cyber-Physical Systems: A Model-Based Approach Walid M. Taha, Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Johan Thunberg

In this concise yet comprehensive Open Access textbook, future?inventors are introduced to the key concepts of Cyber-Physical Systems?(CPS). Using modeling as a way to develop deeper understanding of the?computational 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 a?cross-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 for?physical systems on the one hand and computational systems on the?other. In doing so, the book gives the reader the modeling and design?skills they need to build smart, IT-enabled products.?Starting with a look at various examples and characteristics of?Cyber-Physical Systems, the book progresses to explain how the area?brings together several previously distinct ones such as Embedded?Systems, Control Theory, and Mechatronics.?Featuring a simulation-based project that focuses on a robotics?problem (how to design a robot that can play ping-pong) as a useful?example of a CPS domain, Cyber-Physical Systems: A Model-Based?Approach demonstrates the intimate coupling between cyber and physical components, and how designing robots reveals several non-trivial?control problems, significant embedded and real-time computation?requirements, and a need to consider issues of communication and?preconceptions.