Models, Architectures, and Analysis for Computationally Aware CPS

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are ones in which computation, communication, and control each have significant impact on the performance of the system. In this chapter, we discuss systems where coupling between the dynamics of the system, and how it is controlled, can be considered alongside the computational efforts required to design and control these systems. The topics include various models that can be used to describe the system’s performance, examples of architectures that have been employed to permit system design, and some analyses that have proved useful in those architectures. This chapter sets the stage for continued research in this area as more kinds of models and architectures are considered.