Theoretical foundations and applications of cyber-physical systems: a literature review

Date25 December 2019
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-11-2017-0230
Published date25 December 2019
Pages95-104
AuthorCaiming Zhang,Xiaojun Xu,Hong Chen
Subject MatterLibrary & information science,Librarianship/library management,Library technology,Information behaviour & retrieval,Information user studies,Metadata,Information & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet
Theoretical foundations and
applications of cyber-physical
systems: a literature review
Caiming Zhang
China University of Labor Relations,
Beijing, China
Xiaojun Xu
Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China, and
Hong Chen
Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana, USA
Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the current research on theoretical foundations and
applications for CPS from 2017 to 2019 including the applications in library.
Design/methodology/approach This paper is designed in six parts as Introduction, Literature review,
Theoreticalfoundations of CPS, Applicationsof CPS, CPS's application in libraryand Conclusion. The authors
review70 papers and classify them as the above six parts.The authors collected 70 papersfrom 2017 to 2019 in
the academic databas es.
Findings This paper reviews 70 papers regarding theoretical foundations and applications for CPS from
2017 to 2019 in the academic databases aiming to provide scholars and practitioners with a comprehensive
overview. The contents of the papers in each research category are summarized from theoretical foundations
and applications including the CPS applications in library.
Originality/value A main contribution of this review paper is that it summarizes the current
state-of-the-art theoretical foundations and applications for CPS and in libraries systematically.
Keywords Library management, Applications of CPS, CPS application in library, Cyber-physical system,
Literature review of CPS, Theoretical foundations of CPS
Paper type Literature review
1. Introduction
Cyber-physical system (CPS) is a kind of large-scale and networked systems, which consists of
physical and computational elements and is becoming more and more popular in todays
society, and it is currently of interest in academia, industry and government due to their
potentially significant impact on society, environment, and economy (Xu et al., 2014;
Gürdür et al., 2016). Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) means that the manufacturing
industry has evolved from embedded systems to CPSs. CPS could provide an outstanding
foundation to build advanced industrial systems and applications by integrating innovative
functionalities through IoT and Web of Things to enable connection of the operations of the
physical reality with computing and communication infrastructures (Xu et al., 2018; Lu, 2017).
CPS represents a new generation of digital system, which consists of two main functional
components: the advanced connectivity that ensures real-time data acquisition from the physical
world and information feedback from the cyber space; and intelligent data management,
analytics and computational capability that constructs the cyber space (Lee et al., 2015). The
coming decades may see the large scale deployment of networked CPS to address global needs
in areas such as energy, water, healthcare and transportation (Satchidanandan and Kumar,
2016). This research papers is a literature review on the theoretical foundations and applications
of CPS based on 70 papers from 2017 to 2019.
Received 15 November 2017
Revised 11 September 2019
16 September 2019
20 September 2019
Accepted 25 September 2019
The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available on Emerald Insight at:
https://www.emerald.com/insight/0737-8831.htm
China National Social Science Funding (No. 15BJY022).
Cyber-physical
systems
LibraryHi Tech
Vol.38 No. 1, 2020
pp.95-104
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DOI10.1108/LHT-11-2017-0230
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