Multi-Agent Cyber-Physical Systems

Introduction

In a previous article, we introduced the concept of cyber-physical systems (CPS). Moving further in our journey into CPS, agent is a term we will be encountering quite a lot. So let's get that off our plate first. Simply put, an agent is an autonomous entity that navigates through a given environment.

In the context of CPS, we can think of an agent as an entity that interacts with the environment in a manner defined by its hybrid automaton. Consider the bouncing ball example we disc...