DT FAQ: What is the Digital Twin EAF™?

What is the Digital Twin Enterprise Architecture Framework™ (DTEAF™)?

FAQ Variant(s): What is the DTEAF?; What is an Enterprise Architecture Framework for Digital Twins?

Definition

Digital Twin Enterprise Architecture Framework™ (DTEAF™): The DTEAF is a reference Enterprise Architecture Framework (EAF) for architecting, designing, building, testing, and integrating Digital Twins (virtual Simulations-of-Simulations) that are indistinguishable from their Physical Twin (physical Systems-of-Systems) counterparts. The architecture infrastructure of DTEAF is the 6D System M-Model™ Enterprise Architecture Framework for Agile MBSE™, which has been customized to support the following core Digital Twin technologies, which are listed as related technology pairs: Massive Mathematical & Dynamic ModSim; Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML); 3D CAD & 3D Printing; and Virtual Reality (VR) & Augmented Reality (AR). The DTEAF is designed to be highly scalable, simulatable, and customizable.

DTEAF is derived from 25+ years experience designing and implementing recursively scalable and simulatable Enterprise Architecture Frameworks for Model-Driven Development (MDD) and Agile Model-Based Systems Engineering (Agile MBSE) applications. Since both the 6D System M-Model reference EAF and the DTEAF are specified using recursive architecture and design patterns using the OMG SysML™ architecture modeling language standard, they can be implemented and customized using popular architecture modeling tools that support that standard (e.g., MagicDraw™/Cameo™, Sparx Enterprise Architect™).