Cyber physical systems

Question 1

What is transport?

Answer 1

complex interdependent interactions of:

people
infrastructure
travel modes
technology
ConOps
 all linked to operations with governance and society being key stakeholders in its operation

Question 2

What makes the transport system cyber?

Answer 2

Planning:
modelling for traffic flows
Data gathering and management

Delivery:
assessment of work

operations:
  payments
  traffic review
  autonomy for vehicles
  traffic management
  engine management systems

Question 3

What makes transport physical?

Answer 3

human pilots
pedestrians
roads, ports and other infrastructure to carry/manage vehicles
repair and maintenance requirements

Question 4

What is cyber physical about transport?

Answer 4

Autonomous vehicles

sensors feeding back data

Question 5

What is cyber physical?

Answer 5

A system where an action by software can impact on the physical world or where an impact on the physical world can have an impact on the cyber world.

or

where a threat exists in the cyber domain and the impact exists in the physical domain, or vice versa.

e.g.

a blocked sensor (e.g. a parked car in front of it) could keep a data collection feed open until a database fills and the software crashes

or

an error in the system logic means a command to a gate to close gets sent when it should not