Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things
As the Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining ground and becoming increasingly popular in smart city applications such as smart energy, smart buildings, smart factories, smart transportation, smart farming, and smart healthcare, the digital twin concept is evolving as complementary to its counter physi...
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| author | A. R. Al-Ali Ragini Gupta Tasneem Zaman Batool Taha Landolsi Fadi Aloul Ahmad Al Nabulsi |
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| description | As the Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining ground and becoming increasingly popular in smart city applications such as smart energy, smart buildings, smart factories, smart transportation, smart farming, and smart healthcare, the digital twin concept is evolving as complementary to its counter physical part. While an object is on the move, its operational and surrounding environmental parameters are collected by an edge computing device for local decision. A virtual replica of such object (digital twin) is based in the cloud computing platform and hosts the real-time physical object data, 2D and 3D models, historical data, and bill of materials (BOM) for further processing, analytics, and visualization. This paper proposes an end-to-end digital twin conceptual model that represents its complementary physical object from the ground to the cloud. The paper presents the proposed digital twin model’s multi-layers, namely, physical, communication, virtual space, data analytic and visualization, and application as well as the overlapping security layer. The hardware and software technologies that are used in building such a model will be explained in detail. A use case will be presented to show how the layers collect, exchange, and process the physical object data from the ground to the cloud. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02187b15b26b4baab94d1639d3ed982c2023-11-20T15:13:05ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032020-09-01121016310.3390/fi12100163Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of ThingsA. R. Al-Ali0Ragini Gupta1Tasneem Zaman Batool2Taha Landolsi3Fadi Aloul4Ahmad Al Nabulsi5Department of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, UAEDepartment of Computer Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USADepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, UAEDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, UAEDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, UAEDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, UAEAs the Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining ground and becoming increasingly popular in smart city applications such as smart energy, smart buildings, smart factories, smart transportation, smart farming, and smart healthcare, the digital twin concept is evolving as complementary to its counter physical part. While an object is on the move, its operational and surrounding environmental parameters are collected by an edge computing device for local decision. A virtual replica of such object (digital twin) is based in the cloud computing platform and hosts the real-time physical object data, 2D and 3D models, historical data, and bill of materials (BOM) for further processing, analytics, and visualization. This paper proposes an end-to-end digital twin conceptual model that represents its complementary physical object from the ground to the cloud. The paper presents the proposed digital twin model’s multi-layers, namely, physical, communication, virtual space, data analytic and visualization, and application as well as the overlapping security layer. The hardware and software technologies that are used in building such a model will be explained in detail. A use case will be presented to show how the layers collect, exchange, and process the physical object data from the ground to the cloud.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/10/163Internet of Thingsdigital twinssmart citiesbig data analytics |
| spellingShingle | A. R. Al-Ali Ragini Gupta Tasneem Zaman Batool Taha Landolsi Fadi Aloul Ahmad Al Nabulsi Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things Future Internet Internet of Things digital twins smart cities big data analytics |
| title | Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things |
| title_full | Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things |
| title_fullStr | Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things |
| title_short | Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things |
| title_sort | digital twin conceptual model within the context of internet of things |
| topic | Internet of Things digital twins smart cities big data analytics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/10/163 |
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