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To impart a common understanding, a DT can include emulation and simulation functions. For instance, the DT in the work of Eckhart and Ekelhart (2018) emulates a real-world counterpart and provides a simulation environment for testing safety and security rules of the real-world counterpart.
Considering that the asset can carry the digital representation of its type, the establishment of suitable reference systems (models) in which important types are described would be beneficial.
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The authors would like to thank Ulrich Frank for his fruitful comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this manuscript. We also thank our reviewers for their helpful remarks.
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Dietz, M., Pernul, G. Digital Twin: Empowering Enterprises Towards a System-of-Systems Approach. Bus Inf Syst Eng 62, 179–184 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-019-00624-0
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