Exploring the Potentials and Challenges of Cyber-Physical-Social Infrastructure Systems for Achieving Human-Centered Objectives Article Swipe
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· 2023
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3600100.3626340
· OA: W4388328658
For decades, cyber-physical systems (CPSs) have transformed the design and management of infrastructure systems, improving their performance through the combination of sensing, computing, and control. However, while the existing CPS paradigm supports infrastructure system actuation to achieve desired economic objectives (e.g., efficiency, safety), it fails to account for possible input-output relationships between physical system actuation and human-centered (or "social") benefits and objectives. There are entirely unexplored social benefits to be derived from infrastructure systems that have yet to be scientifically understood and exploited. For instance, the impact of public space design and management on social interactions. To address this untapped potential, we first highlight the existing gaps and challenges to reimagining CPS theory capable of measuring, modeling, and actuating social objectives within physical infrastructure systems. We find that these challenges introduced by the integration of human-centered objectives necessitate an entirely new approach—as opposed to explicit extension of CPS—which we term cyber-physical-social infrastructure systems (CPSISs). Thus, we propose a high-level CPSIS framework to serve as a roadmap for advancements within this emerging field.
