A Case Study to Elicit Challenges for Performance Engineering of Cyber Physical Systems

Abstract

Cyber-physical Systems (CPS) are engineered systems that are built from, and depend upon, the seamless integration of computational algorithms and physical components. Therefore, the engineering of CPS is inherently collaborative, demanding cooperation between diverse disciplines. Besides, it requires attention to not only the functional aspects, such as behaviour and correctness, but also to performance characteristics, such as timing constraints of the entire system. In this paper we exploit an existing simulation environment to model and analyze a robotic system, and some preliminary performance analysis results are shown. This illustrative case study aims to bring upfront the challenges for performance engineering of CPS.