ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems

Renewable energy (e.g., solar energy) is an attractive option to provide green energy to homes. Unfortunately, the intermittent nature of renewable energy results in a mismatch between when these sources generate energy and when homes demand it. This ...

In this article, we propose a transit service Feeder to tackle the last-mile problem, that is, passengers’ destinations lay beyond a walking distance from a public transit station. Feeder utilizes ridesharing-based vehicles (e.g., minibus) to deliver ...

The market for civilian unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, is expanding rapidly as new applications are emerging to incorporate the use of civilian drones in our daily lives. On one hand, the convenience of offering certain services via ...

Low-power wireless technology promises greater flexibility and lower costs in cyber-physical systems. To reap these benefits, communication protocols must deliver packets reliably within real-time deadlines across resource-constrained devices, while ...

Mobility is a critical issue that must be considered during the modeling and analyzing of a mobile system. At a high abstract level, event-based models can directly specify a mobile system without the introduction of additional mechanisms. In this ...

Reducing peak demands and achieving a high penetration of renewable energy sources are important goals in achieving a smarter grid. To reduce peak demand, utilities are introducing variable rate electricity prices to incentivize consumers to manually ...

Cell imbalance in large battery packs degrades their capacity delivery, especially for cells connected in series where the weakest cell dominates their overall capacity. In this article, we present a case study of exploiting system reconfigurations to ...

Load shedding can combat the overload of a power grid that may jeopardize the grid’s safety. However, disconnected customers may be excessively inconvenienced or even endangered. With the emergence of demand-response based on cyber-enabled smart meters ...