1st Edition

Handbook of Industrial and Business Applications with Digital Twins

Edited By Saravanan Krishnan, A. Jose Anand, S. Sendhilkumar Copyright 2025
408 Pages 102 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

408 Pages 102 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

408 Pages 102 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

A digital twin represents the indistinguishable digital counterpart of the physical object to simulate, monitor and test with real time synchronization. This book presents the framework and important key aspects of digital twins, including various technologies with coverage of the digital twins in various industry and business applications. It provides a background of modeling and simulation,... Read more

Part 1: Concepts and Architecture

1. A Perspective on Digital Twins as an Emerging Technology

Ana Carolina Borges Monteiro, Rodrigo Bonacin and Reinaldo Padilha Franca

2. Architecture of Digital Twins and Applications

Ch. Venkata Krishna Reddy, Sumanth Ratna Kandavalli, M. Sundar Raj, R. Amuthakkannan, J. Baskaran, Mayakannan Selvaraju and A. Jose Anand

3. Unlocking Business Potential with Human Digital Twins: A Journey Toward Human- Centricity, Sustainability and Resilience

Riyaz Abdullah Sheikh

4. Digital Platforms for Business Applications

R. Jeyabharath, Sumanth Ratna Kandavalli, Shrinwantu Raha, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Abhinav Singhal, Mayakannan Selvaraju and A. Jose Anand

Part 2: Technologies

5. Digital Twins and Artificial Intelligence

Priya Singh and Sankata Tiwari

6. Blockchain Empowered Digital Twins: A Comprehensive Review of Integration and Innovation

Naveenkumar J., Narayanan Prasanth, Joshva Devadas T., Saravanan Krishnan, Saurabh Saoji and Shrikant Jadhav

7. Big Data and Digital Twins

Sayed Abdulhayan and Senan Ali Abd

8. Unlocking Value: Big Data, Digital Twins, Exploring the Future Digital Transformation and Its Trends

G. Arun Sampaul Thomas, S. Muthukaruppasamy, J. Nandha Gopal and Saravanan Krishnan

Part 3: Applications

9. Digital Twins in Industry 4.0 Automation

Muhammet Raşit Cesur, Elif Cesur and Ahmet Harun Çelik

10. Leveraging Digital Twins for Optimal Automation and Smart Decision-Making in Industry 4.0: Revolutionizing Automation and Efficiency

Anita Mohanty, Ambarish G. Mohapatra, Subrat Kumar Mohanty, Nitaigour Premchand Mahalik and A. Jose Anand

11. Digital Twins for Smart Manufacturing

Elif Cesur, Muhammet Raşit Cesur and Elif Alptekin

12. Digital Twins for an Irrigation System

R. Parvathi, Rajkumar Jhapte, M. Sucharitha, Soorya M. Nair and V.T. Krishnaprasath

13. Diagnostics, Treatment and Patient Care in the Age of Digital Twins: A Game-Changer in Healthcare

S. Muthukaruppasamy, G. Arun Sampaul Thomas, J. Nandha Gopal, A. Jose Anand and E. Parimalasundar

Part 4: Case Study and Challenges

14. Digital Twins in Industry 5.0: Some Challenges and Future Directions

Anupama and Geeta Rani

15. Researching Trends on Smart Tourism Technology Using Bibliometric Analysis

Duong Thanh Tung and Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc

16. Customized Cancer Care Using Digital Twins: The Case of Breast Cancer in Women

Ananya Chenat and Divya S.

17. Digital Twin in Water Utilization: A Case Study to Estimate the Prediction of Water Usage

E.B. Priyanka, S. Thangavel, S.K. Devatharani, A. Jose Anand and Saravanan Krishnan

Biography

Saravanan Krishnan is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has done an ME in Software Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science Engineering. His research interests include cloud computing, software engineering, the Internet of Things (IoT), and smart cities. He has published papers in 14 international conferences and 30 international journals. He has also written 16 book chapters and edited eight books with international publishers. He has done numerous consultancy work for municipal corporations and smart city schemes. He is an active researcher and academic. He is also a reviewer for many reputed journals. He is a member of the ISTE, IEI, ISCA, ACM and others.

A. Jose Anand is Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, KCG College of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has one year of industrial experience and 24 years of teaching experience. He has presented several papers at national and international conferences. He has published several papers in national and international journals, as well as books on polytechnic and engineering subjects. He is a member of the CSI, IEI, IET, IETE, ISTE, INS, QCFI and EWB. His current research interest is in wireless sensor networks, embedded systems, IoT, machine learning and image processing.

S. Sendhilkumar is Professor in the Department of Information Science and Technology, CEG, Anna University, with 18 years of teaching experience in data mining, machine learning, data science and social network analytics. His research interests include personalized information retrieval, bibliometrics and social network mining. He has authored the book Concepts, Techniques and Applications. He received the CTS Best Faculty Award for 2018 and was awarded with Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, for 2019– 2021. He has authored/ coauthored textbooks on the fundamentals of computing and machine learning. He has developed e-content (40 modules with all four quadrants) for the course on data analytics for the E-Pathsala project of MHRD-UGC under its national mission on education through ICT. He has delivered live cast lecture series Edusat Programme on Artificial Intelligence for the engineering colleges affiliated with Anna University.