Ontology-Based Reasoning about the Trustworthiness of Cyber-Physical Systems

Published

June 14, 2018

Author(s)

Edward R. Griffor, David A. Wollman, Martin J. Burns, Claire Vishik, Michael Huth, Marcello Balducinni

Abstract

It has been challenging for the technical and regulatory com-munities to formulate requirements for trustworthiness of thecyber- physical systems (CPS) due to the complexity of theissues associated with their design, deployment, and opera-tions. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST), through a public working group, has released a CPSFramework that adopts a broad and integrated view of CPS andpositions trustworthiness among other aspects of CPS. This pa-per takes the model created by the CPS Framework and itsfurther developments one step further, by applying ontologi-cal approaches and reasoning techniques in order to achievegreater understanding of CPS. The example analyzed in the pa-per demonstrates the enrichment of the original CPS model ob-tained through ontology and reasoning and its ability to deliveradditional insights to the developers and operators of CPS.

Citation

IET Journal of IoT

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.0012

Keywords

CPS Framework, Cross-Cutting Concerns, Sys-tem Validation, Semantic Models & Analyses, Ontology

Citation

Griffor, E. , Wollman, D. , Burns, M. , Vishik, C. , Huth, M. and Balducinni, M. (2018), Ontology-Based Reasoning about the Trustworthiness of Cyber-Physical Systems, IET Journal of IoT, [online], https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.0012 (Accessed October 14, 2025)