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A review study on digital twins with artificial intelligence and internet of things: concepts, opportunities, challenges, tools and future scope

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Recently, Digital Twin (DT) has a growth revolution by increasing Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques and relative technologies as the Internet of Things (IoT). They may be considered as the panacea for DT technology for various applications in the real world such as manufacturing, healthcare, and smart cities. The integration of DT and AI is a new avenue for open research in the upcoming days. However, for exploring the issues of developing Digital Twins, there are interesting in identifying challenges with standardization ensures future developments in this innovative theme. This paper first presents the Digital Twins concept, challenges, and applications. Afterward, it discusses the incorporation of AI and DT for developing various IoT-based applications with exploring the challenges and opportunities in this innovative arena. Then, developing tools are presented for exploring the digital twins' system implementation. Further, a review of recent DT-based AI approaches is presented. Finally, a discussion of open research directions in this innovative theme is presented.

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Zayed, S.M., Attiya, G.M., El-Sayed, A. et al. A review study on digital twins with artificial intelligence and internet of things: concepts, opportunities, challenges, tools and future scope. Multimed Tools Appl 82, 47081–47107 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-15611-7

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