Control systems with digital communication between sensors, controllers and actuators are called as Networked Control Systems (NCSs). In general, NCSs encounter with some problems such as packet dropouts and network induced delays. When plant uncertainty is added to the aforementioned problems, the design of the robust controller that is able to guarantee the stability, becomes more complex. In...

Current air traffic management systems suffer from poor radar coverage and a highly centralized architecture which can under heavy traffic loads overwhelm Air Traffic Control (ATC) centers. Such limitations can lead to inefficient use of the available airspace capacity and insecure scenarios such as low-visibility landings. Future air transportation systems with e-enabled aircraft and networked...

Many automation and modernization programs are now employing intranet/internet technologies in industrial control strategies. The ensuing systems are a mixture of state-of-the-art and legacy installations and create challenges in the implementation and enforcement of security measures. Control system intrusions can cause environmental damage, safety risks, poor quality and lost production. This...

AN OPERATING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR NETWORKED SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE

Computer architectures have entered a watershed as the quantity of network data generated by user applications exceeds the data-processing capacity of any individual computer end-system. It will become impossible to scale existing computer systems while a gap grows between the quantity of networked data and the capacity for per system data processing. Despite this, the growth in demand in both ...

A Dual-System Approach to Realistic Evaluation of Large-Scale Networked Systems Richard Allan Alimi 2010 Many useful techniques and infrastructures have been developed to test the correctness and performance of computer systems before deployment. However, they are limited when applied to the large-scale networked systems that are prevalent today, from Internet routing to peer-to-peer (P2P) vide...

Context Industrial control systems govern important industrial processes as well as many other areas of daily life including building automation and the energy infrastructure. In the past, such systems were rarely networked if at all. Recently, however, a need for a higher degree of communication between different systems as well as other company resources has arisen. While leading to increased...

We develop a general framework for pricing electricity in order to optimally manage the electricity load of societal infrastructures that interact with power systems through their price-responsive electricity load. In such infrastructure systems, electricity is not the sole resource needed to serve users’ needs. Examples include cloud computing infrastructure or electric transportation networks...