IoT — Distributed Systems, Events, and Conceptual Digital Twins
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Scope and source boundary
IoT integration separates sensor/OT protocols from the semantic twin and its long-lived operational responsibility.
A digital twin is a semantically identified operational representation connected to observations, time, context and decisions. The book distinguishes asset identity, telemetry ingestion, state updates, derived projections and authorized actuation. A dashboard or a stream of sensor values alone does not constitute an operationally trustworthy twin.
Engineering rules
- Define which physical asset and context each twin instance represents.
- Distinguish incoming measurements from asserted facts and simulated states.
- Record timestamps, provenance and uncertainty of state changes.
- Require governance and human oversight before effectful actuation.
Chapter outline (original LaTeX headings)
- Why This Book Exists
- Methodological Position
- The logiCells Digital Twin Definition
- Native Responsibilities and Integration Boundaries
- The Architectural Thesis of This Book
- The Running Example
LaTeX provenance
Primary chapter: Designing Digital Twins with logiCells/introduction.tex.