Demystifying Artificial Intelligence based Digital Twins in Manufacturing- A Bibliometric Analysis of Trends and Techniques

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Satish Kumar, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), PuneFollow
shruti Patil, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), PuneFollow
Arunkumar Bongale, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
Ketan Kotecha, Symbiosis Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence, Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune, India.
Anup kumar M. Bongale, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
Pooja Kamat, Symbiosis Institute of Technology,Symbiosis International University, MITSOE, MIT-ADT University, Pune, India

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Abstract

Nowadays, data is considered as a new life force for operations of physical systems in various domains such as manufacturing, healthcare, transportations, etc. However, the hugely generated data, which mirrors the working essence of the product life cycle, is still underutilised. Digital Twin (DT), a collective representation of active and passive captured data, is a virtual counterpart of the physical resources that could help prevent effective preventive maintenance in any applied domain. Currently, lots of research is going on about the applicability of digital twin in smart IOT based manufacturing industry 4.0 environment. Still, it lacks a formal study, which can provide a bird's eye view about the research efforts and directions. In this paper, the authors represent a bibliometric survey of the digital twin concept based on the Scopus database to present a global view about scholars' contributions in the manufacturing area. The study was conducted by retrieving 844 Scopus research papers published from 2015-2020 and analysed to find out critical insights such as publication volume, co-authorship networks, citation analysis, and demographic research distribution. The study revealed that significant contribution is made via concept propositions in conferences and some papers published in the journal. However, there is a scope of lots of research work in the direction of actual and secure digital twin implementation.