Cyber-physical systems are mechanisms controlled and monitored by computer algorithms that are tightly integrated with the internet and its users. Physical and software components in a cyber-physical system are deeply intertwined, able to operate on different spatial and temporal scales, exhibit multiple and distinct behavioral modalities, and interact with each other in ways that change with context. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin YearMarks NSF-sponsored workshops that gave the field institutional standing; the term is usually credited to NSF program manager Helen Gill around the same time, not named in this source. Core ConcernMechanisms controlled and monitored by computer algorithms, tightly integrated with the physical world 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Cyber-physical system
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Wikimedia FoundationLead section, para 1
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are mechanisms controlled and monitored by computer algorithms, tightly integrated with the internet and its users.
Importance section, first paragraph
Starting in late 2006, the NSF and other United States federal agencies sponsored several workshops on cyber-physical systems.
Associated With: Embedded Systems, Overview section
The process control is often referred to as embedded systems. In embedded systems, the emphasis tends to be more on the computational elements, and less on an intense link between the computational and physical elements.
Associated With: Distributed Computing, Examples section
In industry the cyber-physical systems empowered by Cloud technologies have led to novel approaches that paved the path to Industry 4.0.
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