@misc{13949,
  keywords = {Uncertainty, Cyber-Physical Systems, Testing},
  author = {Man Zhang and Bran Selic and Shaukat Ali and Tao Yue and Oscar Okariz and Roland Norgren},
  title = {Understanding Uncertainty in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Conceptual Model},
  abstract = {Uncertainty is intrinsic in most technical systems, including Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Therefore, handling uncertainty in a graceful manner during the real operation of CPS is critical. Since designing, developing, and testing modern and highly sophisticated CPS is an expanding field, a step towards dealing with uncertainty is to identify, define, and classify uncertainties at various levels of CPS. This will help develop a systematic and comprehensive understanding of uncertainty. To that end, we propose a conceptual model for uncertainty specifically designed for CPS. Since the study of uncertainty in CPS development and testing is still irrelatively unexplored, this conceptual model was derived in a large part by reviewing existing work on uncertainty in other fields, including philosophy, physics, statistics, and healthcare. The conceptual model is mapped to the three logical levels of CPS: Application, Infrastructure, and Integration. It is captured using UML class diagrams, including relevant OCL constraints. To validate the conceptual model, we identified, classified, and specified uncertainties in two distinct industrial case studies},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications(ECMFA)},
  note = {This work is supported by U-Test project (Testing Cyber-Physical Systems under Uncertainty).},
}