Towards Re-Engineering Digital Twins
Digital Twins (DTs) are everywhere, but they often have been developed before consensual definitions, reference models or adapted tools were proposed. Thus, these ad hoc DTs cannot be easily manipulated as actual entities, hampering both their sustainability and their life-cycle management (e.g., their redeployment). In order to deal with this issue, this paper chooses to learn from practice by re-engineering existing DTs. Starting from a generic a priori metamodel that tries to clearly separate concerns (so that DTs can be seen as first class software entities), this paper implements experiments in three steps: (i) reverse engineering an existing Digital Twin, seen as a prototypical instance, (ii) generalization of the DT architecture descriptor into a DT model, (iii) alignment between this reverse engineered DT model and the a priori DT metamodel. First experiments, run on three use cases, show that our proposal can relevantly analyze and document DTs to support their re-engineering as first class entities.
Mon 23 SepDisplayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change
14:00 - 15:30 | Session 3: DT Management and EvolutionTechnical Track at HS 18 Chair(s): Michael Felderer German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne | ||
14:00 20mPaper | Declarative Lifecycle Management in Digital TwinsEDTconf Best Paper Technical Track Eduard Kamburjan University of Oslo, Nelly Bencomo Durham University, Silvia Lizeth Tapia Tarifa University of Oslo, Norway, Einar Broch Johnsen University of Oslo | ||
14:20 20mPaper | Understanding Semantic Drift in Model Driven Digital Twins Technical Track Faima Abbasi Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and University of Luxembourg, Pierre Brimont Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and University of Luxembourg, Cedric Pruski Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and University of Luxembourg, Jean Sebastien Sottet Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and University of Luxembourg | ||
14:40 15mDemonstration | Managing Digital Twins of The Test Lab with SystemLink™ Software Technical Track Taylor Riche Emerson Test and Measurement (NI), Joshua Prewitt Emerson Test and Measurement (NI) , Cristian Hotea Emerson Test and Measurement (NI), Cosmin Neagu Emerson Test and Measurement (NI), Tj Giere Emerson Test and Measurement (NI) | ||
14:55 15mShort-paper | Towards Re-Engineering Digital Twins Technical Track Gwendal Beaumont IMT Atlantique & IMT Mines Alès, Antoine Beugnard , Salvador Martínez IMT Atlantique, Christelle Urtado IMT Mines Alès, Sylvain Vauttier | ||
15:10 15mShort-paper | Towards Measuring Digital Twins Fidelity at RuntimeNominated for Best Short & Tool Paper Technical Track Paula Muñoz ITIS Software, University of Malaga, Javier Troya Universidad de Málaga, Spain, Antonio Vallecillo University of Málaga, Spain |