Rauf, Shahid, Muhammad, Fazal, Badshah, Akhtar, Alasmary, Hisham, Waqas, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0814-7544 and Chen, Sheng (2025) Novel Digital Twin deployment approaches: local and distributed Digital Twin. IEEE Access, 13. 72142 -72152. ISSN 2169-3536 (Online) (doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3561354)

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Abstract

The Digital Twin (DT) technology is considered as a backbone in the Industrial 4.0 revolution as it is playing a vital role in the digitization of various industries. A DT is a virtual representation of a physical entity, thus having the ability to simulate real data generated at physical space to optimize, estimate, control, monitor and forecast states/configurations. Despite enormous benefits, DT technology has several implementation challenges. Although deploying DT on edge or cloud platforms yields a plethora of services, its implementation in both spaces faces certain limitations. These limitations include latency, data communication overload, transmission energy consumption, privacy concerns, and communication inefficiencies. It is evident that these shortcomings could significantly impact real-time monitoring and control. Therefore, when considering whether to deploy DT on the edge or on the cloud, it is necessary to make a trade-off, or alternatively, adopt a hybrid approach. However, it is important to acknowledge that even with a hybrid approach, the aforementioned issues will persist to some extent. To address these challenges, this article introduces two innovative approaches. Local DT (LDT) and Distributed DT (DDT). These deployment strategies are designed to mitigate latency, minimize data communication overload, reduce energy consumption, improve communication efficiency, and strengthen privacy measures. Thus, resulting in environmental and economic sustainability. Consequently, these advancements facilitate superior real-time monitoring and control capabilities. Through the utilization of LDT and DDT methodologies, organizations can harness the full potential of DT technology, thereby maximizing its benefits.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cloud computing, Digital Twins, real-time systems, computer architecture, Edge computing, monitoring, synchronization, data privacy, costs, industries
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Last Modified:	08 Sep 2025 13:35
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/51005

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