Huadong Mo - Modeling, Reliability Analysis and Applications

1. Chapter 2
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 4
4. Chapter 5
5. Chapter 6
6. Chapter 7

1. Chapter 2
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 4
4. Chapter 5
5. Chapter 6
6. Chapter 7

Huadong Mo

School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales

Canberra, Australia

Giovanni Sansavini

Institute of Energy and Process Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering

ETH Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland

Min Xie

Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

City University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

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A cyberphysical system (CPS) consists of a collection of computing devices communicating with one another and interacting with the physical world via sensors and actuators in a feedback loop. Increasingly, such systems are everywhere, from smart buildings to medical devices to automobiles.