Digital Twin Platforms: Requirements, Capabilities, and Future Prospects

Digital twins (DTs) have emerged as a paradigm for the virtual representation of complex systems alongside their underlying hardware. We investigate the benefits of Amazon, Eclipse, and Microsoft DT platforms and assess the extent to which they meet standard requirements.

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Published inIEEE software Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 53 - 61
Main Authors Lehner, Daniel, Pfeiffer, Jerome, Tinsel, Erik-Felix, Strljic, Matthias Milan, Sint, Sabine, Vierhauser, Michael, Wortmann, Andreas, Wimmer, Manuel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Alamitos IEEE 01.03.2022
IEEE Computer Society
Subjects
Automation
Complex systems
Digital twin
Digital twins
Protocols
Real-time systems
Software
Synchronization
Temperature measurement
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Abstract Digital twins (DTs) have emerged as a paradigm for the virtual representation of complex systems alongside their underlying hardware. We investigate the benefits of Amazon, Eclipse, and Microsoft DT platforms and assess the extent to which they meet standard requirements.
AbstractList Digital twins (DTs) have emerged as a paradigm for the virtual representation of complex systems alongside their underlying hardware. We investigate the benefits of Amazon, Eclipse, and Microsoft DT platforms and assess the extent to which they meet standard requirements.
Author Vierhauser, Michael
Lehner, Daniel
Sint, Sabine
Pfeiffer, Jerome
Wimmer, Manuel
Tinsel, Erik-Felix
Wortmann, Andreas
Strljic, Matthias Milan
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Software
Synchronization
Temperature measurement
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