Towards Digital Twin in the Context of Power Wheelchairs Provision and Support

Lagartinho-Oliveira, Carolina; Moutinho, Filipe; Gomes, Luís

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-07520-9_9

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“…This article is an extension of [65] and presents a proposal for the creation and use of a Digital Twin of a Power Wheelchair, enabling new services for wheelchairs users, as well as their HCPs. As far as we known, this is a novel aspect, as there is no other proposal to improve and transform the provision and support of wheelchairs.…”

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Digital Twin in the Provision of Power Wheelchairs Context: Support for Technical Phases and Conceptual Model

2022

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Worldwide, many wheelchair users find it difficult to use or acquire a wheelchair that is appropriate for them, either because they do not have the necessary financial support or because they do not have access to trained healthcare professionals (HCPs), but they are essential for the correct provision of assistive products and user training. Consequently, although wheelchairs are designed to promote the well-being of many users, in many cases, they end up being abandoned or do not provide any benefit, with the chance of causing harm and potentially putting people in danger. This article proposes the creation and use of a Digital Twin (DT) of a Power Wheelchair (PWC) to promote the health of wheelchair users, by facilitating and improving the delivery of remote services by HCPs, as well as to include monitoring services to support timely maintenance. Specifically, a DT is a virtual counterpart that is seamlessly linked to a physical asset, both relying on data and information exchange for mirroring each other. Currently, DT is emerging and being applied to different areas as a promising approach to gather insightful data, which are shared between the physical and virtual worlds and facilitate the means to design, monitor, analyze, optimize, predict, and control physical entities. This article gives an overview of the Digital Twin concept, namely its definition, types, and properties, and seeks to synthesize the technologies and tools frequently used to enable Digital Twins; we also explain how a DT can be used in the technical phases of the PWC provision process and propose a conceptual model highlighting the use of an MDD approach benefiting from a Petri net formalism, which is presented to systematize the development of a PWC DT.

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Digital Twin in the Provision of Power Wheelchairs Context: Support for Technical Phases and Conceptual Model

2022

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“…Step 6: Termination [28] Cloud Artifact and Its Measurement Specifications of the cloud services, the cloud design and architecture, various types of cloud services [29] Three Main Services of the Cloud IaaS-Infrastructure as a Service, PaaS-Platform as a Service, SaaS-Software as a Service [30] Viewpoints of Various Users/Stakeholders of the Cloud Cloud user, broker, developer, service provider, service request brokers [31] Support-based Tools Automated and manual tools [32] Results of the Measurement Quantitative, qualitative, hybrid [33] Function of the Measurement Formula for calculation and explanation of how the metrics are calculated [34] Table 2 provides an overview of the different quality attributes as defined by the ISO/IEC 25010 [35] standard and the corresponding references from the primary studies. Each quality attribute, such as performance efficiency, reliability, security, operational policybased functions, maintainability, usability, portability, and compatibility, is associated with multiple references indicating the focus of the research in the respective areas.…”

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Efficient Resource Utilization in IoT and Cloud Computing

Prasad,

Dansana,

Bhavsar

et al. 2023

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With the proliferation of IoT devices, there has been exponential growth in data generation, placing substantial demands on both cloud computing (CC) and internet infrastructure. CC, renowned for its scalability and virtual resource provisioning, is of paramount importance in e-commerce applications. However, the dynamic nature of IoT and cloud services introduces unique challenges, notably in the establishment of service-level agreements (SLAs) and the continuous monitoring of compliance. This paper presents a versatile framework for the adaptation of e-commerce applications to IoT and CC environments. It introduces a comprehensive set of metrics designed to support SLAs by enabling periodic resource assessments, ensuring alignment with service-level objectives (SLOs). This policy-driven approach seeks to automate resource management in the era of CC, thereby reducing the dependency on extensive human intervention in e-commerce applications. This paper culminates with a case study that demonstrates the practical utilization of metrics and policies in the management of cloud resources. Furthermore, it provides valuable insights into the resource requisites for deploying e-commerce applications within the realms of the IoT and CC. This holistic approach holds the potential to streamline the monitoring and administration of CC services, ultimately enhancing their efficiency and reliability.

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