CIPS: Maximal Certified Persistence in Cyber-Physical Systems

Abstract

We introduce the Theory of Certified Information Persistence Systems (CIPS), a universal mathematical framework for computing the maximal certified persistence of information in cyber-physical systems (CPS). CIPS provides an axiomatic foundation that separates the continuous evolution of state validity from discrete, memoryless control interventions. By accommodating digital sampling and execution latency through robust set contraction, the framework mathematically isolates a system's maximal certified persistence horizon --- a strict theoretical upper bound on safe autonomous operation relative to the system's defined metric growth bounds. Our central representation theorem proves that CIPS provides a universal representation framework: every empirically safe scheduling policy, is structurally isomorphic to a conservative surrogate evaluation within a canonical CIPS. By dynamically targeting this latency-compensated canonical horizon, the framework minimizes conservatism relative to the bounding assumptions, achieving an optimal certified scheduling policy, minimizing computational and network interventions while mathematically guaranteeing continuous physical safety.

20 pages, 2 figures