Cyber-physical
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Definitions
National Definitions
Italy
A cyber-physical system (CPS) is defined as ICT and computer systems supporting, managing and supervising physical assets. [1]
United Kingdom
Cyber-physical system are systems with integrated computational and physical components; ‘smart’ systems. [2]
Academic Definitions
A cyber-physical system (CPS) is a system of collaborating computational elements controlling physical entities. [3]
A cyber-physical system (CPS) is an integration of computation with physical processes. [4]
According to this source the term "cyber-physical systems" emerged around 2006, when it was coined by Helen Gill at the National Science Foundation in the United States.
