Software architecture for cyber-physical control systems with flexible application of the software-as-a-service and on-premises model

In this paper a new software architecture is introduced which combines and adapts effective design patterns for the development of cloud-based algorithms in cyber-physical control systems (CPCS). The integration of cloud computing and cyber-physical systems (CPS) allows the flexible use of IT-Services and offers nearly infinite amount of storage space and computing capacities for embedded systems. With capable cloud-based algorithms, enhanced and situation-related decisions become possible without a need for scaling the computing capacities of the embedded system itself. Further advantages are the easy integration of third-party data-sources into cloud-based algorithms and the flexible development of control algorithms in high-level programming languages like Java.