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DEMONSTRATED BENEFITS OF A NASCENT DIGITAL TWIN
Author(s) -
West Timothy D.,
Blackburn Mark
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
insight
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-4868
pISSN - 2156-485X
DOI - 10.1002/inst.12189
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , aerospace , imperfect , frame (networking) , digital transformation , computer science , state (computer science) , term (time) , operations research , engineering , telecommunications , algorithm , artificial intelligence , world wide web , aerospace engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
After utilizing Gartner's hype cycle to frame the general state of the ongoing digital transformation within the aerospace industry, this paper considers two attributes that should be considered in the creation of every digital model: (1) how accurately can we make it, and (2) how accurately should we make it? After concluding that a truly perfect digital clone is both infeasible and impractical in the near term, the paper highlights a variety of successes (i.e., 30 percent cost reductions and 25 percent weight reductions) that are already being achieved in industry and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) through imperfect Digital Twin models and related “disruptive” technologies.