Linking trust to cyber-physical systems

Abstract

Cyber-physical systems deeply connect artefacts, systems and people. As we will use these systems on a daily basis, the question arises to what extent we can trust them, and even more, whether and how we can develop computational models for trust in such systems. Trust has been explored in a wide range of domains, starting with philosophy via psychology, sociology, and economy. Also in automation, computing and networking definitions, models and computations have emerged. In this paper we discuss our initial considerations on linking concepts and models of trust and cyber-physical systems. After structuring and selecting basic approaches in both areas, we propose appropriate links, which can be used as action areas for future development of trust models and computations in cyber-physical systems.