• Open Source Drives Digital Twin Adoption , by a cross-section of industry leaders from ABB , Bosch , Digital Twin Consortium , Microsoft , SAP , XMPro Inc ., and Yo-i Information Technology , Ltd ., elaborates on the challenges in adopting the digital twin concept in practice and the motivations for having open standards and Open Source activities to address these challenges .
• Design and Implementation of a Digital Twin for Live Petroleum Production Optimization : Data Processing and Simulation , by a trio of authors from OspreyData Inc ., delves into how digital twins can be built to represent systems of assets that can be valuable in determining optimal operational set-points .
• Digital Twin and IIoT in Optimizing Manufacturing Process and Quality Management , by a host of authors representing Yo-i Information Technology , Ltd ., presents the concepts and practices on the design , implementation and some preliminary outcomes based on a real-world use case in a production process control and quality management application in the steel industry .
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