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Six-layer architecture of digital twin.

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution drives industries from traditional manufacturing to the smart manufacturing approach. In this transformation, existing equipment, processes, or devices are retrofitted with some sensors and other cyber-physical systems (CPS), and adapted towards digital production, which is a blend of critical enabling technologies....

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... the proper integration of devices with their virtual replicas in the cyber-physical domain, and the effective exchange of information and data among digital twins, physical twins, and the outside world, Ref. [44] proposed a six-layer DT architecture, as shown in Figure 3. The six-layer DT architecture is an extension of the 5C architecture [45]. ...

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... Although the current body of literature thoroughly examines the combination of hybridized machine learning algorithms with smart production and emphasizes their potential advantages for social sustainability, there is a noticeable lack of quantitative measures. A significant number of research studies have mostly provided descriptive or qualitative explanations, creating an opportunity to establish established benchmarks and quantifiable results (Tayal et al., 2020;Warke et al., 2021). The formulation of these quantitative frameworks is important because it allows for an unbiased evaluation of the actual effects of these technologies on social sustainability objectives in the manufacturing industry. ...
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... [38]. The most cited topics within this cluster include "artificial intelligence" (110), "manufacturing process" (109), and "machine learning" (71). The fifth largest cluster #4 includes 71 members with a silhouette value of 0.647 and is labeled as "energy efficiency" by LLR. ...
... Cluster #3, ranked fourth in size, comprises 41 members with a silhouette value of 0.668 and is categorized under smart manufacturing by LLR. Its principal reference is Warke, V (2021.0-JAN)[110] in Sustainability (Switzerland). The fifth largest cluster, #4, contains 16 members with a silhouette value of 0.909 and is designated as a future research direction by LLR. ...
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Industry 4.0 is a new era of digitization that integrates digital technologies to create smart, interconnected production systems, marking a paradigm shift in different domains. One of the key technologies in this era is 'Digital Twin', which offers virtual representations of physical assets and processes. It is crucial to analyze the role of digital twin technology in the context of Industry 4.0 using scientometric analysis with citeSpace, a powerful tool for visualizing and analyzing citation networks. This research focuses on the growth trajectory of digital twin literature, identifies influential authors, institutions, and journals, and analyzes the geographical distribution of research contributions from the Scopus database for 2018-2024. The findings reveal insights into the current state of digital twin research, its impact on Industry 4.0, and opportunities for future exploration and collaboration in this rapidly evolving field.
... The basis for cloud architecture is cloud computing. This involves centralised computing services (e.g., storage, computing power) being made available via the Internet [56,63,67]. To this end, data are transferred from a local network to an external network via the internet so that data processing and storage takes place on servers there. ...
... The maximum achievable computing and storage capacities are usually very extensive [63]. Even if the use of cloud services incurs fewer or no initial investment costs [67], the booking of external services by providers incurs ongoing costs, which increase with growing performance requirements. Data transfer costs in particular can quickly become very expensive [63,68]. ...
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... Digital twinning in manufacturing has a wide range of possible applications, such as remote asset control, simulation, and asset monitoring using virtual objects. Additionally, by better understanding customers' wants, creating improvements for casaaasprocesses, services, and products, and stimulating new company innovation, digital twin technology can help manufacturing increase customer happiness [46]. These developments aided in the accurate application of Digital Twin for process optimization and real-time monitoring [35,38]. ...
... These developments aided in the accurate application of Digital Twin for process optimization and real-time monitoring [35,38]. The significant technological progress that Digital Twins have made over the past four decades is demonstrated positively, has been recorded [46]. Digital twinning in manufacturing has a wide range of possible applications, such as remote asset control, simulation, and asset monitoring using virtual objects. ...
... Digital twinning in manufacturing has a wide range of possible applications, such as remote asset control, simulation, and asset monitoring using virtual objects. Additionally, by better understanding customers' wants, creating improvements for current processes, services, and products, and stimulating new company innovation, digital twin technology can help manufacturing increase customer happiness [46]. ...
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... However, digital twins can also be used in enhancing security and resilience, given their capability to identify malicious activities within a system. In the past, some [37,47]. ...
... Digital twins are relatively new and emerging technologies that have low maturity; therefore, they are accompanied by numerous challenges such as security, privacy, trust and data quality, safety, and missing standardization [16,47]. The focus of this paper is to discuss the challenges related to security, privacy, trust, and safety. ...
... When a digital twin is implemented, it effectively doubles the attack surface as either the physical asset or the digital twin can be used as access points [3,6]. When digital twins are used with IT, they can increase the threats related to IT/OT integration by making the OT systems even more exposed and connected [47]. It is important to be aware of the threat of digital twins being connected to various IoT devices, which may inherit vulnerabilities [36,47]. ...
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... Dari tahun 2020 hingga 2025, smart manufacturing diperkirakan mengalami pertumbuhan dengan nilai Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) sebesar 12,4% [11]. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa tren penggunaan transformasi digital semakin meningkat. ...
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... DT applications in positions and supply chain management, especially DT's role in operations traceability, transport maintenance, remote assistance, asset visualization, and design customization, are reviewed in several publications [11,15,16,30,42,[66][67][68][69][70]). DT applications in positions and supply chain management, especially DT' role in operations traceability, transport maintenance, remote assistance, asset visualization, and design customization, are reviewed in several publications [11,15,16,30,42,[66][67][68][69][70]). ...
... DT applications in positions and supply chain management, especially DT's role in operations traceability, transport maintenance, remote assistance, asset visualization, and design customization, are reviewed in several publications [11,15,16,30,42,[66][67][68][69][70]). DT applications in positions and supply chain management, especially DT' role in operations traceability, transport maintenance, remote assistance, asset visualization, and design customization, are reviewed in several publications [11,15,16,30,42,[66][67][68][69][70]). ...
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... Maintenance is a pivotal determinant that exerts a significant economic impact on the sector, garnering notable emphasis in the era of digitalization. The entire manufacturing cost is projected to include maintenance expenses ranging from around 15% to 40% [2]. Based on the U.S. Department of Energy findings, it has been shown that predictive maintenance offers cost savings of around 8-12% compared to preventive maintenance and can yield savings of up to 40% compared to reactive maintenance [3]. ...
... Digital twin general network architecture[2]. ...
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... Maintenance is a pivotal determinant that exerts a significant economic impact on the sector, garnering notable emphasis in the era of digitalization. The entire manufacturing cost is projected to include maintenance expenses ranging from around 15% to 40% [2]. Based on the U.S. Department of Energy findings, it has been shown that predictive maintenance offers cost savings of around 8-12% compared to preventive maintenance and can yield savings of up to 40% compared to reactive maintenance [3]. ...
... Digital Twin General Network Architecture[2]. ...
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... The most important sustainable solutions were Energy Saving, Environmental Conservation, Increased Safety, Quality Improvement, End of Waste, Infrastructure, and Cost Reduction [21,27,33,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46]48,49]. ...
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