Cyber-Physical Systems: A Multi-Criteria Assessment for Internet-of-Things (IoT) Systems

This paper addresses a multi-criteria decision problem regarding the more suitable device (system) to perform a certain task for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). New embedded systems provided everyday by manufacturers makes the decision on which device best ful l an objective a very dicult work for engineers and developers. The proposed framework establishes a set of components that goes from formally describe possible solutions, criteria, constraints and priorities, capable of taking into account users' specific aspects, to nally propose a more suitable solution. To materialise all formal descriptions, a model-driven approach is followed. It allows the use and design of enablers for interoperability with standards or systems (e.g. Cyber-Physical Enterprise Systems). Models and methods are proposed to describe a device in terms of hardware, software and energy. It is enabled the use of di erent software languages as the integration of di erent, new or user-de ned multi-criteria decision methods. The proposed framework shows that a better aware IoT System choice can be made and therefore stakeholders can perform a more suitable design of their Cyber-Physical Enterprise Systems