TY - JOUR
T1 - A Methodology to Develop and Implement Digital Twin Solutions for Manufacturing Systems
AU - Qamsane, Yassine
AU - Moyne, James
AU - Toothman, Maxwell
AU - Kovalenko, Ilya
AU - Balta, Efe C.
AU - Faris, John
AU - Tilbury, Dawn M.
AU - Barton, Kira
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Digital Twin (DT) is an emerging technology that has recently been cited as an underpinning element of the digital transformation. DTs are commonly defined as digital replicas of components, systems, products, and services that receive data from the field to support intelligent decision-making. Although several frameworks for DT application in manufacturing have been proposed, there is no systematic methodology in the literature that supports the development of scalable, reusable, interoperable, interchangeable, and extensible DT solutions, while taking into account specific manufacturing environment needs and conditions. This paper introduces a DT solution development methodology as a generic procedure for analyzing and developing DTs for manufacturing systems. The methodology is based on the well-known System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process and takes into consideration: (1) the specificity of DT characteristics and requirements, (2) an understanding of the manufacturing context in which the DTs will operate, and (3) the object-oriented aspects required to achieve DT capabilities of scalability, reusability, interoperability, interchangeability, and extensibility. A case study illustrates the advantages of the proposed methodology in supporting manufacturing DT solutions.
AB - Digital Twin (DT) is an emerging technology that has recently been cited as an underpinning element of the digital transformation. DTs are commonly defined as digital replicas of components, systems, products, and services that receive data from the field to support intelligent decision-making. Although several frameworks for DT application in manufacturing have been proposed, there is no systematic methodology in the literature that supports the development of scalable, reusable, interoperable, interchangeable, and extensible DT solutions, while taking into account specific manufacturing environment needs and conditions. This paper introduces a DT solution development methodology as a generic procedure for analyzing and developing DTs for manufacturing systems. The methodology is based on the well-known System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process and takes into consideration: (1) the specificity of DT characteristics and requirements, (2) an understanding of the manufacturing context in which the DTs will operate, and (3) the object-oriented aspects required to achieve DT capabilities of scalability, reusability, interoperability, interchangeability, and extensibility. A case study illustrates the advantages of the proposed methodology in supporting manufacturing DT solutions.
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U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3065971
DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3065971
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103782223
SN - 2169-3536
VL - 9
SP - 44247
EP - 44265
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
M1 - 9378543
ER -