Introduction to Cyber Physical Systems -- On the Autonomic and Cognitive Management of IoT Ecosystems -- Rainbow: an Intelligent Platform for Large-Scale Networked Cyber-Physical Systems -- Cyber-Physical Software Systems for Smart Worlds: A Case Study of Intelligent Transportation System -- Cooperation of Smart Objects and Urban Operators for Smart City Applications -- A Platform for Wildfire Fighting: A Comprehensive Approach -- On the Classification of Cyberphysical Smart Objects in the Internet of Things -- Distributed Agent-based Dynamic State Estimation over a Lossy Network -- ANIMO, Framework to simplify the real-time distributed communication -- Cyber Physical Objects as key elements for a Smart Cyber City -- Structuring Communication for Better Coordination in Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems.

This book focuses on new methods, architectures, and applications for the management of Cyber Physical Objects (CPOs) in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). It covers a wide range of topics related to CPOs, such as resource management, hardware platforms, communication and control, and control and estimation over networks. It also discusses decentralized, distributed, and cooperative optimization as well as effective discovery, management, and querying of CPOs. Other chapters outline the applications of control, real-time aspects, and software for CPOs and introduce readers to agent-oriented CPOs, communication support for CPOs, real-world deployment of CPOs, and CPOs in Complex Systems. There is a focus on the importance of application of IoT technologies for Smart Cities.