Developing Digital Twins

Interesting, often this means not only the twin but also the context of its use.  Metadata and all. Like to see a full example.

Advanced Technique for Developing Digital Twins Makes Tech Universally Applicable  UT News, May 20, 2021

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and industry partner The Jessara Group have developed what they’re calling a universally applicable digital twin mathematical model. The framework was designed to facilitate predictive digital twins at scale. MIT's Michael Kapteyn said, "Using probabilistic graphical models, we create a mathematical model of the digital twin that applies broadly across application domains." The researchers used this technique to generate a structural digital twin of a custom-built unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with state-of-the-art sensors. Said Jacob Pretorius of the Jessara Group, “The value of integrated sensing solutions has been recognized for some time, but combining them with the digital twin concept takes that to a new level. We are on the cusp of an exciting future for intelligent engineering systems.”