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Multi-agent cyberphysical systems enable new capabilities in efficiency, resilience, and security. The unique characteristics of these systems prompt a reevaluation of their security concepts, including their vulnerabilities, and mechanisms…

Cyber-physical systems (CPS), such as autonomous vehicles crossing an intersection, are vulnerable to cyber-attacks and their safety-critical nature makes them a target for malicious adversaries. This paper studies the problem of…

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Closed-loop control systems employ continuous sensing and actuation to maintain controlled variables within preset bounds and achieve the desired system output. Intentional disturbances in the system, such as in the case of cyberattacks,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-21 Vuk Lesi , Marcio Juliato , Shabbir Ahmed , Christopher Gutierrez , Qian Wang , Manoj Sastry

Cyberattacks on industrial control systems (ICS) have been drawing attention in academia. However, this has not raised adequate concerns among some industrial practitioners. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the vulnerable locations…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-16 He Wen

Computing systems, including real-time embedded systems, are becoming increasingly connected to allow for more advanced and safer operation. Such embedded systems are resource-constrained, such as lower processing capabilities, as compared…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Tanmaya Mishra , Thidapat Chantem , Ryan Gerdes

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) play a vital role in the operation of intelligent interconnected systems. CPS integrates physical and software components capable of sensing, monitoring, and controlling physical assets and processes. However,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Bernardo Cabral

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) play a critical role in modern industrial domains, including manufacturing, energy, transportation, and healthcare, where they enable automation, optimization, and real-time decision-making. Ensuring the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Christophe Ponsard , Abiola Paterne Chokki , Jean-François Daune

A Cyber-Physical System (CPS) is defined by its unique characteristics involving both the cyber and physical domains. Their hybrid nature introduces new attack vectors, but also provides an opportunity to design new security defenses. In…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-02-23 Miguel Arroyo , Hidenori Kobayashi , Simha Sethumadhavan , Junfeng Yang

Cyberphysical Systems (CPS) are transforming the way we interact with the physical world around us. However, centralised approaches for CPS systems are not capable of addressing the unique challenges of CPS due to the complexity,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-12-05 Volkan Dedeoglu , Ali Dorri , Raja Jurdak , Regio A. Michelin , Roben C. Lunardi , Salil S. Kanhere , Avelino F. Zorzo

The tight coupling between communication and control in cyber-physical systems is necessary to enable the complex regulation required to operate these systems. Unfortunately, cyberattackers can exploit network vulnerabilities to compromise…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-25 Amr S. Mohamed , Mohsen Khalaf , Deepa Kundur

Characterizing attacker behavior with respect to Cyber-Physical Systems is important to assuring the security posture and resilience of these systems. Classical cyber vulnerability assessment approaches rely on the knowledge and experience…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Christopher Deloglos , Carl Elks , Ashraf Tantawy

Existing Digital Twin (DT) approaches often lack semantic reasoning capabilities for effective cybersecurity modelling in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). This paper presents HySecTwin, a knowledge-driven digital twin architecture that places…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-21 David Holmes , Ahmad Moshin , Surya Nepal , Leslie Sikos , Iqbal Sarker , Helge Yanicke

With the emergence of low-cost smart and connected IoT devices, the area of cyber-physical security is becoming increasingly important. Past research has demonstrated new threat vectors targeting the transition process between the cyber and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Zhiyuan Yu , Zack Kaplan , Qiben Yan , Ning Zhang

Cyber-physical control systems, such as industrial control systems (ICS), are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks. Such attacks can potentially cause tremendous damage, affect critical infrastructure or even jeopardize human life when the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-21 Sridhar Adepu , Ferdinand Brasser , Luis Garcia , Michael Rodler , Lucas Davi , Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi , Saman Zonouz

Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) embed software into the physical world. They appear in a wide range of applications such as smart grids, robotics, intelligent manufacture and medical monitoring. CPSs have proved resistant to modeling due to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-10-28 Ye Yuan , Xiuchuan Tang , Wei Pan , Xiuting Li , Wei Zhou , Hai-Tao Zhang , Han Ding , Jorge Goncalves

The execution failure of cyber-physical systems (e.g., autonomous driving systems, unmanned aerial systems, and robotic systems) could result in the loss of life, severe injuries, large-scale environmental damage, property destruction, and…

Modern Building Automation Systems (BASs), as the brain that enables the smartness of a smart building, often require increased connectivity both among system components as well as with outside entities, such as optimized automation via…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-03 Guowen Li , Lingyu Ren , Yangyang Fu , Zhiyao Yang , Veronica Adetola , Jin Wen , Qi Zhu , Teresa Wu , K. Selcuk Candanf , Zheng O'Neill

The threat of attack faced by cyber-physical systems (CPSs), especially when they play a critical role in automating public infrastructure, has motivated research into a wide variety of attack defence mechanisms. Assessing their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-01-16 Yuqi Chen , Christopher M. Poskitt , Jun Sun , Sridhar Adepu , Fan Zhang

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) integrate sensing, computing, communication and actuation capabilities to monitor and control operations in the physical environment. A key requirement of such systems is the need to provide predictable…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-07-29 Hyoseung Kim

Cyber physical systems CPSs embodies the conception as well as the implementation of the integration of the state-of-art technologies in sensing, communication, computing, and control. Such systems incorporate new trends such as cloud…

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