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Reflection: Right vs Real
Our collective understanding of digital twins is rather nascent. To ensure that we operate under the same base information there is a need to periodically reflect on the concepts and principles we have outlined. This blog post is one in a series which reflects on previously published concepts to consider whether our collective thinking has advanced.
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This is an interesting topic. The reason that I’d be unclear on the classification of Air Traffic control is not about the realistic representation, but more about the added value of having an element of intelligence or modelling, rather than just a display of the current data. If it’s just displaying the data from the sensors for a human to view then I don’t think I’d class it as a twin, however if it’s got some type of model or intelligence inbuilt that understands the relationships between the data sets then I think it would qualify. If pressed, I’d probably assume that modern air traffic control systems would have some intelligence so would qualify as a twin.
For a simpler example, I would not class a dashboard that just showed the current status of a lightbulb as a twin, even if it had amazing 3D visuals of the room. If we then added a light sensor to the room and a basic model that alerted when the ambient light from the window was high enough that the lightbulb could be turned off, then I think we’d have a useful twin (even if we had no graphical representation).
I’m keen to hear other opinions on this though.
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