Foundational Research Gaps and Future Directions for Digital Twins
Foundational Research Gaps and Future Directions for Digital Twins
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0309700426 | 165 Pages | PDF (True) | 4.3 MB
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0309700426 | 165 Pages | PDF (True) | 4.3 MB
Across multiple domains of science, engineering, and medicine, excitement is growing about the potential of digital twins to transform scientific research, industrial practices, and many aspects of daily life. A digital twin couples computational models with a physical counterpart to create a system that is dynamically updated through bidirectional data flows as conditions change. Going beyond traditional simulation and modeling, digital twins could enable improved medical decision-making at the individual patient level, predictions of future weather and climate conditions over longer timescales, and safer, more efficient engineering processes. However, many challenges remain before these applications can be realized.