Engineering Swarms of Cyber-Physical Systems

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Melanie Schranz (Lakeside Labs GmbH, Austria) Wilfried Elmenreich (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)

Engineering Swarms of Cyber-Physical Systems

Melanie Schranz (Lakeside Labs GmbH, Austria), Wilfried Elmenreich (University of Klagenfurt, Austria), Farshad Arvin (The University of Manchester, UK)

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CRC Press
15 August 2025

Robotics; Algorithms & data structures; Computer science; Artificial intelligence

Engineering Swarms for Cyber-Physical Systems covers the whole design cycle for applying swarm intelligence in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and guides readers through modeling, design, simulation, and final deployment of swarm systems. The book provides a one-stop-shop covering all relevant aspects for engineering swarm systems. Following a concise introduction part on swarm intelligence and the potential of swarm systems, the book explains modeling methods for swarm systems embodied in the interplay of physical swarm agents. Examples from several domains including robotics, manufacturing, and search and rescue applications are given. In addition, swarm robotics is further covered by an analysis of available platforms, computation models and applications. It also treats design methods for cyber-physical swarm applications including swarm modeling approaches for CPSs and classical implementations of behaviors as well as approaches based on machine-learning. A chapter on simulation covers simulation requirements and addresses the dichotomy between abstract and detailed physical simulation models. A special feature of the chapters is the hands-on character by providing programming examples with the different engineering aspects whenever possible, thus allowing for fast translation of concepts to actual implementation. Overall, the book is meant to give a creative researcher or engineer the inspiration, theoretical background, and practical knowledge to build swarm systems of CPSs. It also serves as a text for students in science and engineering.

By: Melanie Schranz (Lakeside Labs GmbH Austria), Wilfried Elmenreich (University of Klagenfurt, Austria), Farshad Arvin (The University of Manchester, UK)
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032047157
ISBN 10: 1032047151
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 15 August 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Melanie Schranz is a senior researcher at Lakeside Labs, specializing in swarm intelligence algorithms for cyber-physical systems. She made impactful contributions in agent-based modeling and optimization from the bottom-up in various application domains including Industry 4.0 and edge-fog-cloud computing. Wilfried Elmenreich is a Professor of Smart Grids at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, where he focuses on intelligent energy systems and self-organizing systems. He has published over 200 articles and authored several books in the field of networked and embedded systems. Farshad Arvin is a Professor of Robotics at the University of Durham, specializing in swarm robotics and biohybrid robotics. He has previously held positions at the University of Manchester and has authored numerous publications while directing the Swarm & Computational Intelligence Laboratory.