Modeling and Analysis of Cascading Failures in Industrial Internet of Things Considering Sensing-Control Flow and Service Community

Cascading failures are a critical factor affecting the reliability of industrial Internet of things (IIoT) systems. Establishing a realistic cascading failure model is of significant importance for researching and improving the reliability of IIoT. However, existing research on cascading failure modeling for IIoT lacks in-depth exploration of the actual characteristics of industrial scenarios, making it difficult to accurately characterize the cascading failure process in IIoT. In this work, based on the cyber–service coupling characteristic of IIoT systems, we establish a realistic interdependent network model, taking into full consideration the sensing-control data flow, the service community structure, and the diverse coupling patterns. On this basis, a cascading failure model for IIoT is developed, considering the routing-driven characteristic of the cyber network and the production–supply relationships among various manufacturing units in the service network. Extensive experiments are conducted to verify the rationality of the proposed model, and some meaningful findings are also obtained.