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Supply Chain Application of Blockchain-Based Solutions for Cyber-Physical Systems: Review and Prospects

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Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future (SOHOMA 2021)

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Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are a new generation of systems that involves engineered computing and communicating systems interfacing the physical world, often interacting with a highly uncertain and adverse environment, including humans and other CPS. Flawless integration of these systems still faces various challenges, e.g., interoperability, decentralization, trust, privacy, and security. Thanks to its salient features, Blockchain is a promising technology that could efficiently address these challenges. This paper provides insights and explores the opportunities and challenges of incorporating CPS and Blockchain technology. As a propitious industrial application, this paper highlights blockchain-based CPS solutions for Supply Chain Management (SCM). We present opportunities, established projects, and some use cases. Finally, we point out some open research issues and outline future research directions.

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  1. LAMIH, CNRS, UMR 8201, University Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, F-59313, Valenciennes, France

    Yassine Idel Mahjoub, Tarik Chargui, Abdelghani Bekrar & Damien Trentesaux

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    Theodor Borangiu

  2. LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201, Polytechnic University Hauts de France, Valenciennes, France

    Damien Trentesaux

  3. Research Centre in Digitalization and Intelligent Robotics, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

    Paulo Leitão

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Mahjoub, Y.I., Chargui, T., Bekrar, A., Trentesaux, D. (2022). Supply Chain Application of Blockchain-Based Solutions for Cyber-Physical Systems: Review and Prospects. In: Borangiu, T., Trentesaux, D., Leitão, P., Cardin, O., Joblot, L. (eds) Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future. SOHOMA 2021. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1034. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99108-1_39

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