The Role of Simulation in Digital Twin Construction

T. Yeung, J. Martinez, L. Sharoni, R. Sacks

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Abstract

Fostered by advances in digital twin and onsite monitoring technologies, the paradigm of Digital Twin Construction (DTC) has emerged as a comprehensive mode of construction that proposes a data-driven lean production planning and control workflow, leveraging project status and design intent information to make proactive production system design changes. Simulation plays an essential role in the DTC paradigm as a provider of predictive situational awareness (SA), a mechanism for data-driven continuous improvement, and an enabler of future autonomous real-time production control systems in construction projects. In this paper, we outline these modes of use of simulation, discuss potential barriers to implementing simulation in DTC workflows, and propose a set of criteria to evaluate a simulation tool’s applicability to DTC.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 29th EG-ICE International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering
EditorsJochen Teizer, Carl Peter Leslie Schultz
Pages248-258
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9788775075218
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event29th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, EG-ICE 2022 - Aarhus, Denmark
Duration: 6 Jul 20228 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 29th EG-ICE International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering

Conference

Conference29th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, EG-ICE 2022
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityAarhus
Period6/07/228/07/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications

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