Newsletter 6

Abstract

Systems composed of closely coupled computing and physical elements are increasingly important in the modern world. Such Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) are characterised by a complex architecture and a design process involving different science and engineering disciplines. At the interface between disciplines, different formalisms and technical cultures meet, and the traditional approaches for designing systems vary significantly among the relevant fields. The developer of a CPS faces a large design space that is difficult to cover with hardware prototypes due to the high cost of their implementation. A common workflow for the modelbased design of CPS – and the necessary tools – is currently missing.