Digital Twins of Activities: Role of Information Actions

Abstract

The article considers concepts and models for digital twins of activities and methods available to use such digital twins. Emphasis is made on modelling of information actions as a part of activity and information use in the activity. Authors shows that there is a multidisciplinary gap between the inspired by the digital twin of activity need to model application of information for further activity in systems and available theoretical means for the digital twin of activity modelling. Models suggested can be used to create models for digital twin of activity, which represents an information application for activity. As a result, the digital twin of activity, represented by such models, can be used to synthesize activity characteristics and information actions for systems functioning in various conditions. To build models required, diagrammatic models of information application for activity in systems are suggested. Diagrammatic models suggested are used for further creation of formal models of activity and models of information activity application for systems functioning. Suggested models are applied to build digital twins of the activity. Such twins allows to represent and enhance activity based on information collected and to enhance information application for activity. This further allows us to solve problems related to digital transformation planning of various activities, system engineering problems, computer aided design and manufacture problems, information activities synthesis problems.

Keywords

• digital twin
• digital twin of the activity
• modeling
• information use
• it value
• it application