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International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems 2025; 23(1): 332-345

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New Approaches to Detection and Secure Control for Cyber-physical Systems Against False Data Injection Attacks

Puying Wang, Ruimei Zhang*, and Xuxia He

Sichuan University

Abstract

This study focuses on detecting and defending against false data injection attacks (FDIAs) on cyberphysical systems (CPSs). Firstly, recognizing the stealthy nature of FDIAs, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is employed to design an automatic FDIA detector capable of learning different attack patterns. To enhance the robustness of the DRL algorithm, a new detection approach based on the improved proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm is devised to adapt to various FDIA modes. Secondly, to counteract the impact of FDIAs, an eventtriggered model predictive control (MPC) approach is proposed to ensure the system swiftly returns to a stable state after being subjected to FDIAs. Lastly, the effectiveness of the proposed attack detector based on the DRL algorithm and the event-triggered model predictive controller is validated through a simulation example.

Keywords Cyber-physical systems (CPSs), event-triggered model predictive control (MPC), false data injection attacks (FDIAs), improved proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm.

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Regular Papers

International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems 2025; 23(1): 332-345

Published online January 1, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-024-0352-z

Copyright © The International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems.

New Approaches to Detection and Secure Control for Cyber-physical Systems Against False Data Injection Attacks

Puying Wang, Ruimei Zhang*, and Xuxia He

Sichuan University

Abstract

This study focuses on detecting and defending against false data injection attacks (FDIAs) on cyberphysical systems (CPSs). Firstly, recognizing the stealthy nature of FDIAs, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is employed to design an automatic FDIA detector capable of learning different attack patterns. To enhance the robustness of the DRL algorithm, a new detection approach based on the improved proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm is devised to adapt to various FDIA modes. Secondly, to counteract the impact of FDIAs, an eventtriggered model predictive control (MPC) approach is proposed to ensure the system swiftly returns to a stable state after being subjected to FDIAs. Lastly, the effectiveness of the proposed attack detector based on the DRL algorithm and the event-triggered model predictive controller is validated through a simulation example.

Keywords: Cyber-physical systems (CPSs), event-triggered model predictive control (MPC), false data injection attacks (FDIAs), improved proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm.

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January 2025

Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 1~88

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