Title
Complex System Governance For Critical Cyber-Physical Systems
Abstract
In cyber-physical system (CPS), software components (i.e., computational elements) are tightly intertwined with physical entities to produce distinguishing behavioural modalities. CPS, as a field, is relatively new, emerging, and somewhat fragmented in development. There are multiple agencies, entities, and activities being undertaken to address a nexus of emerging issues including cyber-threats and attack in critical systems. However, the development of CPS, as a field, albeit with good intentions and efforts, appears to be largely 'self-organising'. In response, we suggest governance, as posited in complex system governance, as an organising construct for critical cyber-physical systems to provide more cohesion. complex system governance (CSG) is focused on design, execution, and evolution of 'metasystem' functions necessary to provide for communication, control, coordination, and integration (C3I) in CPS. First, we introduce the concept of critical CPS, emphasising current domination of self-organisation as the driving force in developing viable CPS. Second, a CSG model is introduced to suggest an alternative for more purposeful system design and evolution. The paper concludes implications for future research directions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1504/IJCIS.2017.088230
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
Keywords
Field
DocType
critical infrastructure, cyber-physical systems, CPS, complex system governance, CSG, cybersecurity, management cybernetics, metasystem, systems thinking
Corporate governance,Management cybernetics,Computer security,Critical infrastructure,Cyber-physical system,Systems thinking,Nexus (standard),Engineering,Component-based software engineering,Socio-ecological system,Process management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
2-3
1475-3219
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Polinpapilinho F. Katina15910.86
Charles B. Keating29820.82
Adrian V. Gheorghe32731.32
Marcelo Masera454552.68