Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2016

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference

Pages

1-6

Conference Name

2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, May 21-24, 2016, Anaheim, California

Abstract

This paper examines contributions of Complex System Governance (CSG) as an integrating construct for the emerging fields of critical cyber-physical systems (CPS). CPS is concerned with physical entities that are controlled by computational elements. The field is relatively new, emerging, and also somewhat fragmented in development. There are multiple agencies, entities, and activities being undertaken to address a nexus of emerging issues (e.g., cybersecurity) in critical infrastructures. However, the development of critical CPS, as a field, albeit with good intentions and efforts, appears to be largely ‘self-organizing.’ In response, we suggest CSG as an organizing construct capable of provided a greater degree of cohesion - in essence suggesting that CPS field development as a ‘purposeful system’ within the CSG construct. CSG is taken as a means to provide for design, execution, and evolution of ‘metasystem’ functions necessary to provide for communication, control, and coordination, and integration in critical CPS. First, we introduce critical CPS, emphasizing current domination of self-organization as the driving force in developing viable CPS. Second, we introduce CSG as a construct that can introduce more purposeful organization to the emerging field with the potential to accelerate and integrate development

Rights

© 2016 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. All rights reserved.

Included with the kind written permission of the copyright holder.

ORCID

0000-0002-2213-4929 (Katina), 0000-0001-9452-9105 (Keating), 0000-0003-2830-675X (Gheorghe)

Original Publication Citation

Katina, P. F., Keating, C. B., & Gheorghe, A. V. (2016). Cyber-physical systems: Complex system governance as an integrating construct [Conference paper]. 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Anaheim, California.

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