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Digital Twins

Core Principles and AI Integration

  • 1st Edition - June 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Bedir Tekinerdogan, Cor Verdouw
  • Language: English

Digital Twins: Core Principles, System Engineering, and AI Integration provides a comprehensive overview of digital twin technology, a cutting-edge innovation that bridges the ph… Read more

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Description

Digital Twins: Core Principles, System Engineering, and AI Integration provides a comprehensive overview of digital twin technology, a cutting-edge innovation that bridges the physical and digital worlds. The book addresses common challenges such as data integration, security, scalability, and the alignment of digital twin models with actual physical processes. After presenting core concepts of digital twins for software engineering, the book discusses integration with advanced digital solutions such as AI, IoT, Cloud computing, Big Data Analytics, and Extended Reality (XR). Next, the authors provide readers with a thorough presentation of digital twins' applications in a variety of settings and industry/research topics.

Finally, the book concludes with a discussion of challenges and solutions, along with future trends in digital twins research and development. As digital twin technology evolves, its integration with various advanced digital solutions is becoming essential for achieving real-time insights and autonomous decision-making. Challenges include understanding the interoperability of these technologies, managing data complexity, ensuring security, and optimizing for low-latency environments.

Key features

  • Covers the intersection of digital twin technology with a range of advanced digital solutions
  • Presents a valuable resource for those seeking to understand and implement these integrations
  • Provides real-world examples from various industries, such as smart manufacturing, healthcare, smart cities, agriculture, and food
  • Illustrates successful integration strategies and outcomes
  • Explores future trends and research opportunities, providing insights into how digital twins and advanced digital solutions will evolve and impact various sectors

Readership

Computer Science researchers, software engineers, programmers, and software researchers in academia and industry, including software engineers, software developers, and architects who are interested in developing software that includes digital twins. The book will also cater to developers, researchers, or professionals working with digital twins in artificial intelligence, machine learning who are looking to learn more about digital twins integration in Software Engineering and ML apps development

Table of contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND FOUNDATIONS

1. Introduction

2. Foundational Concepts of Digital Twins

3. Technological Ecosystem of Digital Twins

PART II: INTEGRATION WITH ADVANCED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS

4. Integration with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

5. Integration with the Internet of Things (IoT)

6. Integration with Cloud Computing

7. Integration with Big Data Analytics

8. Integration with Extended Reality (XR)

PART III: APPLICATIONS IN VARIOUS SECTORS

9. Applications in Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

10. Applications in Healthcare and Personalized Medicine

11. Applications in Smart Agriculture and Food

12. Applications in Smart Cities and Urban Planning

13. Applications in Energy and Utilities

14. Applications in Aerospace and Defense

PART IV: CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS, AND FUTURE TRENDS

15. Challenges and Solutions in Digital Twin Integration

16. Future Trends and Research Directions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Bedir Tekinerdogan

Dr. Bedir Tekinerdogan is a full professor and chair of the Information Technology group at Wageningen University in The Netherlands. He received his MSc degree (1994) and a PhD degree (2000) in Computer Science, both from the University of Twente, The Netherlands. From 2003 until 2008 he was a faculty member at University of Twente, after which he joined Bilkent University until 2015. He has more than 20 years of experience in software engineering research and education. His main research includes the engineering of smart software-intensive systems. In particular, he has focused on and is interested in software architecture design, software product line engineering, model-driven development, parallel computing, cloud computing and system of systems engineering. He has been active in dozens of national and international research and consultancy projects with various large software companies whereby he has worked as a principal researcher and leading software/system architect. He has developed and taught more than 15 different academic software engineering courses and has provided software engineering courses to more than 50 companies in The Netherlands, Germany and Turkey.
Affiliations and expertise
Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Cor Verdouw

Dr. Cor Verdouw is an expert affiliated with Wageningen University & Research, specializing in management science with a focus on agro-industrial chains and horticulture. His extensive knowledge encompasses key areas such as change management, management information systems, supply chain management, quality management, and information management.
Affiliations and expertise
Wageningen University, The Netherlands