For a literature review about the application of feedback control to computing systems, see [4 7].
The application of feedback control to computing systems is a promising research area, but has to date been hindered by the almost unanimously perceived complexity in creating control-oriented system models.
On the other hand, and maybe most important, the usefulness of those concepts for the design – not just the control – of computing systems, can be appreciated, and constitutes a very promising research and engineering field.
Advanced command, control, communication and computing systems, known as C4, make sense of the data gathered by the sensors and display it on-screen.
The "kernel" of a computing system controls its most basic functions, like memory management and the scheduling of tasks.
When that computing system controls critical infrastructure like water, electricity or gas, the consequences can quickly become very real.
Linux is finding new acceptance based largely on an endorsement of the technology by I.B.M. and the growing acceptance of corporate computing managers, who are trying to limit spending and gain more control over their computing systems.
Attempts to model any present or future power grid face a huge challenge because a power grid is a complex system, with feedback and multi-agent behaviors, integrated by generation, distribution, storage and consumption systems, using various control and automation computing systems to manage electricity flows.
The survey highlights recent research efforts and future research directions in the areas of codesign of computer-based control systems, implementation-aware embedded control systems, and control of real-time computing systems.
Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) consist of complex systems that use an embedded computing system, typically network connected, to control an electro-mechanical device.
