Networked Control Systems ― Cloud Control and Secure Control

Networked Control Systems explores new technological developments in networked control systems (NCS), including new techniques such as event-triggered control, secure control and cloud control. Introductory chapters provide an overview of the fundamentals and the underlying issues of networked control systems under normal operating environments and when subjected to cyberphysical attack. The book includes a critical examination of the principles of cloud computing, cloud control systems design, the available techniques of secure control design to NCS’s under cyberphysical attack, as well as strategies for resilient and secure control of cyberphysical systems. Smart grid infrastructures are discussed, providing diagnosis methods to analyse and counteract the impact of cyberphysical attacks in smart grids, as are Game-Theoretic models applicable to cyberphysical networked control systems facing various types of failure. Finally, a series of practical case studies are provided to cover a range of NCS’s, focused on cloud computing solutions to typical system applications. This book is an essential resource for professionals and graduate students working in the fields of networked control systems, signal processing, and distributed estimation.

• Provides coverage of cloud-based approaches to control systems, and secure control methodologies to protect cyberphysical systems against various types of malicious attacks
• Provides an overview of control research literature and explores future developments and solutions
• Includes case studies which offer solutions for issues with modelling, quantization, packet dropout, time delay, and communication constraints