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System modelling - digital twins, simulation
General desciption of System modelling - digital twins, simulation:
Simulation (often referred to as digital twins) is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system. The act of simulating something first requires that a model be developed; this model represents the key characteristics, behaviors and functions of the selected physical or abstract system or process. The model represents the system itself, whereas the simulation represents the operation of the system over time. (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation)
Comment:
Optimization algorithms can calculate better plant configurations. Thesting these new configurations in a real plant can be very cost intensive as production may be compromised during configuration and testing. A virtual environment which is able to simulate new parameters and verify them is a big deal as the running production is not compromised during testing and evaluation of new parameters.
The main focus of IMPROVE are learned models. Manual modeling of system models is not suitable for the complex, fast chaning industrial plants we have today. Lots of expert knowlege is needed to manually create a model. Learned models can be created using only data and little to no expert knowledge is required depending on the technology.