Computer Science ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 11-18.doi: 10.11896/jsjkx.191100052

Special Issue: Intelligent Software Engineering

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Taxonomy of Uncertainty Factors in Intelligence-oriented Cyber-physical Systems

YANG Wen-hua1,2,3,XU Chang3,4,YE Hai-bo1,ZHOU Yu1,HUANG Zhi-qiu1   

  1. (College of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China)1;
    (Key Laboratory of Safety-Critical Software (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing 211106, China)2;
    (State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China)3;
    (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China)4
  • Received:2019-10-07 Online:2020-03-15 Published:2020-03-30
  • About author:YANG Wen-hua,born in 1990,Ph.D,lecturer,is member of China Computer Federation (CCF).His main research interests include self-adaptive software systems and intelligent software systems. XU Chang,born in 1977,Ph.D,professor,is senior member of China ComputerFederation (CCF).His main research interests include big data software engineering,and intelligent software testing and analysis.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFB1001801), National Natural Science Foundation of China (61802179, 61932021, 61972197), Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Novel Software Technology (KFKT2018B02) and Qing Lan Project.

Abstract: Cyber-physical systems are increasingly presenting the characteristic of intelligence,while uncertainty is pervasive and intrinsic in them,e.g.,the sensors contain inevitable errors when the systems sense the environment through them.If the uncertainty is not properly handled,it will affect the correct running of the systems and bring a series of problems.Therefore,it is critical to study how to deal with uncertainty in cyber-physical systems.The premise of handling uncertainty is that we first need to understand and recognize it comprehensively.However,the existing work on the uncertainty of cyber-physical systems is still in its infancy.To address this issue,this paper studied the taxonomy of uncertainty in cyber-physical systems.Specifically,this paper classified the uncertainty based on the widely recognized 5C technology architecture in cyber-physical systems and introduced the possible uncertainties at each level of the technology architecture with illustrating examples in typical cyber-physical systems.Meanwhile,to help understand the current research status of uncertainty handling in the field of cyber-physical systems,this paper summarized the current research work and presented an outlook of future research directions for intelligence-oriented cyber-physical systems.

Key words: 5C architecture, Cyber-physical systems, Intelligentize, Taxonomy, Uncertainty, Uncertainty handling

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  • TP311
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