Manufacturing enterprises are facing the need to align themselves to the new information
technologies (IT) and respond to the new challenges of variable market demand. One of the …

Digital twin (DT) is an emerging concept that is gaining attention in various industries. It
refers to the ability to clone a physical object (PO) into a software counterpart. The …

This paper provides a fundamental research review of Reconfigurable Manufacturing
Systems (RMS), which uniquely explores the state-of-the-art in distributed and decentralized …

Digital twin (DT) is an emerging technology that enables sophisticated interaction between
physical objects and their virtual replicas. Although DT has recently gained significant …

This paper presents a review of the state of the art for digital twins in the application domain
of engineering dynamics. The focus on applications in dynamics is because:(i) they offer …

Digital Twins are currently investigated as the technological backbone for providing an
enhanced understanding and management of existing systems as well as for designing new …

Abstract The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) leads to mass personalisation as an
emerging manufacturing paradigm. Mass personalisation focuses on uniquely made …

Current industry trends in enterprise architectures indicate movement from Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA) to Microservices. By understanding the key differences between these …

Microservices have become a popular architectural style for data-driven applications, given
their ability to functionally decompose an application into small and autonomous services to …

Nowadays, the concept of “Everything is connected to Everything” has spread to reach
increasingly diverse scenarios, due to the benefits of constantly being able to know, in real …