Cloud Control Systems

Chapter 1

An overview

Abstract

This chapter provides the fundamental ingredients of cloud control systems (CCSs), an emerging discipline that integrates the tools of cyber-physical systems (CPSs), the Internet of Things (IoT), communication networks, and control methodologies. Several aspects are introduced that will be treated in greater detail in subsequent chapters.

Keywords

Cloud-based applications; Cybersecurity; Real-time distributed control systems; Cloud control security; Passive versus active attacks; Resilient cyber-physical systems

Chapter Outline

• 1.1  Preliminaries
  • 1.1.1  Real-time distributed control systems
  • 1.1.2  Synopsis of the security problem
• 1.2  Basics of cloud control systems
  • 1.2.1  Cloud control security
  • 1.2.2  Different types of cyber ...