Book excerpt: This book explores the complete system perspective, underlying theories, modeling, and applications of cyber-physical systems (CPS). Considering the interest of researchers and academicians, the editors present this book in a multidimensional perspective covering CPS at breadth. It covers topics ranging from discussion of rudiments of the system and efficient management to recent research challenges and issues. This book is divided into four sections discussing the fundamentals of CPS, engineering-based solutions, its applications, and advanced research challenges. The contents highlight the concept map of CPS including the latest technological interventions, issues, challenges, and the integration of CPS with IoT and big data analytics, modeling solutions, distributed management, efficient energy management, cyber-physical systems research, and education with applications in industrial, agriculture, and medical domains. This book is of immense interest to those in academia and industry.