Cyber-physical systems engineering: Model-based solutions

As cyber-physical systems become more widespread, the scale and complexity of hardware and software is increasing dramatically. Requirement Engineering plays a main role in this field. It gives a better vision of the problem, facilitates the development of the components, makes the final product better and facilitates business choices. In this context, a lot of work is already being carried out to improve the functionalities offered to designers for the development of systems. This paper shows how to improve the efficiency of cyber-physical system development by redefining some phases of the underlying systems engineering processes. It also shows how the complexity that characterizes these processes can be reduced with the use of innovative techniques for the integration and visualization of system models.