The Digital Twin Theory - A New View on a Buzzword

Andreas Deuter, Florian Pethig
JournalIndustrie 4.0 Management
Issue Volume 35, 2019, Edition 1, Pages 27-30
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_19-1_S27-30
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Abstract

The digital twin is supposed to be a major tool for increasing productivity in the age of industrial digitalization. However, there are many heterogeneous definitions about the digital twin. This situation hardly supports the practical digital twin implementation. For this reason, the article introduces a new concept, called the Digital Twin Theory which is a theoretical framework containing several hypotheses about digital twins. The aim of the framework is a better understanding about the digital twin management in practice.

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