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Challenges and possible approaches for sustainable digital twinning

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MODELS '22: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Companion Proceedings

Pages 643 - 648

https://doi.org/10.1145/3550356.3561551

Published: 09 November 2022 Publication History

Abstract

The advance in digital twin technology is creating value for lots of companies. We look at the digital twin design and operation from a sustainability perspective. We identify some challenges related to a digital twin's sustainable design and operation. Finally, we look at some possible approaches, grounded in multi-paradigm modelling to help us create and deploy more sustainable twins.

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David IBork DKappel G(2024)Circular systems engineeringSoftware and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)10.1007/s10270-024-01154-423:2(269-283)Online publication date: 29-Feb-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10270-024-01154-4
David IBork D(2023)Towards a Taxonomy of Digital Twin Evolution for Technical Sustainability2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion (MODELS-C)10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00147(934-938)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00147

Index Terms

Challenges and possible approaches for sustainable digital twinning
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Dependable and fault-tolerant systems and networks
    1. Redundancy
  2. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Embedded systems
    2. Robotics
2. Networks
  1. Network properties
    1. Network reliability

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DOI:10.1145/3550356

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David IBork DKappel G(2024)Circular systems engineeringSoftware and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)10.1007/s10270-024-01154-423:2(269-283)Online publication date: 29-Feb-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10270-024-01154-4
David IBork D(2023)Towards a Taxonomy of Digital Twin Evolution for Technical Sustainability2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion (MODELS-C)10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00147(934-938)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00147

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