Digital Twin in the IoT Context: A Survey on Technical Features, Scenarios, and Architectural Models

Minerva, Roberto, Lee, Gyu Myoung, Crespi, Noel·2020·Proceedings of the IEEE

DOI 10.1109/jproc.2020.2998530

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