Theoretical foundations and applications of cyber-physical systems: a literature review

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the current research on theoretical foundations and applications for CPS from 2017 to 2019 including the applications in library. Design/methodology/approach This paper is designed in six parts as Introduction, Literature review, Theoretical foundations of CPS, Applications of CPS, CPS’s application in library and Conclusion. The authors review 70 papers and classify them as the above six parts. The authors collected 70 papers from 2017 to 2019 in the academic databases. Findings This paper reviews 70 papers regarding theoretical foundations and applications for CPS from 2017 to 2019 in the academic databases aiming to provide scholars and practitioners with a comprehensive overview. The contents of the papers in each research category are summarized from theoretical foundations and applications including the CPS applications in library. Originality/value A main contribution of this review paper is that it summarizes the current state-of-the-art theoretical foundations and applications for CPS and in libraries systematically.

The role of education and social policy in the development of responsible production and consumption in the AI economy

“…The difference between the obtained results and the available publications (Jiang et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2020) is that the environmental AI economy includes not only a cybernetic (artificial intelligence, AI) and physical (environment) but also a social component that plays a connecting role and largely determines achievements in the field of responsible production and consumption.…”

“…Unlike (Jiang et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2020) responsible production and consumption in the environmental AI economy are represented in the form of cyber-socio-ecological systems. The added new (social) component clarified the causal relationships between the development of responsible production and consumption in the environmental AI economy.…”

“…Artificial intelligence is considered a non-human subject of management, which ensures responsible (more economical use of natural resources) production and consumption through strict measures and total control. From the standpoint of responsible production and consumption, the environmental AI economy is interpreted as a cyber-ecological system in which artificial intelligence acts as the controlling entity and the environment is the controlled object (Pan et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2020).…”

Editorial

“…The second group of articles introduces CPSs and their applications in libraries. In the article entitled “Theoretical Foundations and Applications of Cyber-Physical Systems: A Literature Review,” Zhang et al (2020) review 70 papers on theoretical foundations and applications of CPSs from 2017 to 2019 in the academic databases aiming to provide scholars and practitioners with a comprehensive overview, including CPS applications in library. In the article entitled “Cyber Physics System: A Review,” Jiang et al (2020a) discuss the challenges of CPS as well as the directions for future studies on CPS.…”