@inbook{c1af7dc3200d411bb90b38b63dc97857,
title = "Digital Twins in Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations: A Brief Review and Analysis",
abstract = "Advances in and pervasiveness of technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data (BD) and Big Data Analytics (BDA), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Computing (CC) and Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) have allowed for the dissemination of intelligence and innovative solutions across different industries including Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation (AECO). Recently, the ideas behind “Digital Twin″ (DT) have been gaining ground in the AECO sector. This paper briefly reviews and analyzes relevant literature to discover the origins of the DT idea; crystallizes a clear definition; identifies DT{\textquoteright}s key features; highlights some case studies carried out so far and outlines some of the key applications and the challenges for wider adoption.",
keywords = "AECO, Built environment, Digital Twin (DT), Life-cycle, System of Systems (SoS)",
author = "Ramy Al-Sehrawy and Bimal Kumar",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-51295-8_64",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030512941",
series = "Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "924--939",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering",
address = "Germany",
edition = "1st",
}