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Title: Trustworthiness in designing cyber-physical systems
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) provide unique functions of data collection, processing, communication, and control. The advanced capabilities and functions of CPS rely on their highly networked working environment and deep interdependency. The effectiveness of their performance critically depends on what and how they share among each other. Designing a trustworthy network that CPS can work together collaboratively thus is important. In order to design trustable CPS products, quantitative measures of trustworthiness are required. In this paper, quantitative metrics of trustworthiness, including capability, benevolence, and integrity, are proposed based on a new probabilistic graph model. The proposed metrics can be calculated from either subjective perception or objective information of network topology. A design optimization framework based on the trustworthiness metrics is also demonstrated.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1663227
PAR ID:
10072430
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of 12th International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE2018)
Page Range / eLocation ID:
27-40
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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