Cyber-physical systems consist of computers that sense and control a rapidly changing physical environment. Examples of such systems include autonomous transportation (self-driving cars), traffic ...

In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and growing energy demands—all compounded by infrastructure challenges due to persistent extreme weather events—the concept of distributed power ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

In 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense created ARPANET, the precursor to today’s internet. Around the same time, the SWIFT protocol used for money transfers was also established. These are both early ...

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It's rare to see an enterprise that relies solely on centralized computing. But there are nevertheless still many organizations that do keep a tight grip on their internal data center and eschew any ...

As plant owners accelerate the Industry 4.0 digital transformation, attention is increasingly being focused on the evolution of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) to enable them to become more flexible ...