Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environments
The emergence of Digital Twins (DT) represents a significant technological innovation aimed at enhancing the design, construction, and operation of built assets. DT are virtual representations of physical objects, allowing an effective management across various stages within the construction and inf...
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| author | Heni Zribi Taycir Ben Abid Abdelkarim Elloumi Yasmina Hani Besma Bechir Graba Aderrahman Elmhamedi |
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| description | The emergence of Digital Twins (DT) represents a significant technological innovation aimed at enhancing the design, construction, and operation of built assets. DT are virtual representations of physical objects, allowing an effective management across various stages within the construction and infrastructure sectors. While DT technology offers considerable potential, it remains in its infancy and faces challenges such as integration with other Industry 4.0 technologies and uncertainties about their actual uses and applications still exist. This paper seeks to define and explore the key characteristics of DT within the built environment, examine their relationship with Building Information Modeling (BIM), and evaluate their interactions with other Industry 4.0 technologies in the construction and maintenance of assets. Despite these potential benefits, several challenges prevent the widespread adoption of DT technology such as data security and ownership concerns, the lack of common data standards and interoperability, and difficulties in managing diverse source systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-76a7992473e049d49cfae9bf38e077c52025-02-01T15:32:35ZengTaylor & Francis GroupProduction and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal2169-32772025-12-0113110.1080/21693277.2025.2456277Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environmentsHeni Zribi0Taycir Ben Abid1Abdelkarim Elloumi2Yasmina Hani3Besma Bechir Graba4Aderrahman Elmhamedi5Laboratory MODILS, University of Sfax Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax, Sfax, TunisiaIndustrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi ArabiaLaboratory MODILS, University of Sfax Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax, Sfax, TunisiaLaboratory QUARTZ EA, University Paris VIII Vincennes, University Institute of Technology, Montreuil, FranceDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi ArabiaLaboratory QUARTZ EA, University Paris VIII Vincennes, University Institute of Technology, Montreuil, FranceThe emergence of Digital Twins (DT) represents a significant technological innovation aimed at enhancing the design, construction, and operation of built assets. DT are virtual representations of physical objects, allowing an effective management across various stages within the construction and infrastructure sectors. While DT technology offers considerable potential, it remains in its infancy and faces challenges such as integration with other Industry 4.0 technologies and uncertainties about their actual uses and applications still exist. This paper seeks to define and explore the key characteristics of DT within the built environment, examine their relationship with Building Information Modeling (BIM), and evaluate their interactions with other Industry 4.0 technologies in the construction and maintenance of assets. Despite these potential benefits, several challenges prevent the widespread adoption of DT technology such as data security and ownership concerns, the lack of common data standards and interoperability, and difficulties in managing diverse source systems.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21693277.2025.2456277Digital twin, building information modelingdigital build environmentindustry 4.0construction |
| spellingShingle | Heni Zribi Taycir Ben Abid Abdelkarim Elloumi Yasmina Hani Besma Bechir Graba Aderrahman Elmhamedi Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environments Production and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal Digital twin, building information modeling digital build environment industry 4.0 construction |
| title | Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environments |
| title_full | Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environments |
| title_fullStr | Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environments |
| title_short | Industry 4.0: digital twins characteristics, applications, and challenges in-built environments |
| title_sort | industry 4 0 digital twins characteristics applications and challenges in built environments |
| topic | Digital twin, building information modeling digital build environment industry 4.0 construction |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/21693277.2025.2456277 |
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