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Digital twin

A digital twin is a computational model of an intended or actual real-world physical product, system, or process (a physical twin) that serves as a digital counterpart of it for purposes such as simulation, integration, testing, monitoring, and maintenance.

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Digital twin

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Further reading · 78
Digital twin → Advanced Modeling, Alahakoon, Andreas, Ankush, Art, Automation, Binh, Blecker, Brossog, Challenges Faced, Chilamkurti, Christian, Comprehensive Review, Damminda, Davidson, December, Decision Support Systems, Digital Twin Technology, Donhauser, Emerging Technologies
related to Sources · 35
Digital twin → Adam, Advanced Manufacturing, Applications, Arpan, Asadi, Built Environment, Chakravarty, Cheng, Construction, Crespi, Debashish, Debasish, Digital Twins, Drobot, Dutta, Fundamental Concepts, Houtan, ISBN, Ivan, Jack
related to Types · 15
Digital twin → Describing, Digital, DTA, DTI, DTIs, DTP, For, LNS Research, National Physical Laboratory, Researchers, The, The DTA, The DTI, The DTP, They
related to history · 10
Digital twin → Apollo, David Gelernter's, Digital City Kyoto, During, Helsinki Arena, Mirror Worlds, NASA, Projects, Shortly, The
related to Urban planning and the construction industry · 10
Digital twin → Advanced, Applications, Case, Digital, HVAC, Layered, LSTM, Recent, They, Weihai Port
related to Healthcare industry · 9
Digital twin → Digital, Furthermore, Healthcare, However, Now, Personalized, Previously, The, With
is a · 4
Digital twin → computational model of an intended or actual real-world physical product, high-fidelity model of the system which can be used to emulate the actual system, logical construct, related yet distinct concept to digital engineering
related to Renewable energy industry · 4
Digital twin → Digital, Recent, Systematic, These
related to Automotive industry · 3
Digital twin → Currently, Digital, In
related to Related technologies · 3
Digital twin → Digital ArchitectureDigital EarthDigital, In, ThreadDigital

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digital twin physical data twins systems model product concept system maintenance used virtual also simulation manufacturing doi models industry design

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Digital twinis acomputational model of an intended or actual real-world physical product0.90text
Digital twinis arelated yet distinct concept to digital engineering0.90text
Digital twinis ahigh-fidelity model of the system which can be used to emulate the actual system0.90text
Digital twinis alogical construct0.90text
simulationinstance ofthat serves as a digital counterpart of it for purposes0.80text
integrationinstance ofthat serves as a digital counterpart of it for purposes0.80text
testinginstance ofthat serves as a digital counterpart of it for purposes0.80text
monitoringinstance ofthat serves as a digital counterpart of it for purposes0.80text
and maintenance.By its strict definitioninstance ofthat serves as a digital counterpart of it for purposes0.80text
a digital twin is distinguished from an ordinary simulation in that it continuously uses real data from its physical counterpart to dynamically synchronize with the real systeminstance ofthat serves as a digital counterpart of it for purposes0.80text
inventory management including lean manufacturinginstance ofDoing so allows the benefits of virtualization to be extended to domains0.80text
machinery crash avoidanceinstance ofDoing so allows the benefits of virtualization to be extended to domains0.80text

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