Digital Twin Simulation Modeling Process with System Dynamics: An
application to Naval ship operation
Abstract
Digital twin (DT) has been around for many years, but there is no widely
accepted standardized tool or method. In this study, system dynamics was
proposed as a tool that can be integrated into multi-scale,
multi-physics, and multi-disciplinary, which are continuously becoming
issues in the DT field. Various heterogeneous data from multiple
protocols or platforms could be integrated into one model. Through the
five-step model building process, it was possible to integrate the
theories and various models studied in the past. In this study,
the operation and maintenance system of ROK Naval ships is
implemented as a proposed method. Various physics, scales, and
disciplines such as failures of ships, maintenance ability of repair
shops and schedule pressure of mechanics were reflected. It was possible
to observe non-intuitive correlations and potential problems caused by
the latent effect of the high-fidelity DT model. The proposed method is
also capable of updating through continuous data calibration or
real-time interworking with external statistical analysis tools.