Cloud control systems and their challenges

This paper proposes the concept of cloud control systems (CCSs), which is an extension of networked control systems (NCSs). Internet of things (IOT) has been applied successfully in practice and the technology of NCSs has played a key role in IOT. At the same time, cloud computing is developing rapidly, which provides a perfect platform for big data storage and processing, controller design and performance optimization. Though there are still lots of challenges to be solved, the research on cloud control systems will give new contributions to both the control theory and applications in the near future.