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A Survey on the Challenges Hindering the Application of Data Science, Digital Twins and Design Automation in Engineering Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

S. Rädler  and
E. Rigger
S. Rädler*
Affiliation:
V-Research GmbH, Austria TU Wien, Austria
E. Rigger
Affiliation:
V-Research GmbH, Austria
*
[email protected]

Abstract

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Digital Engineering is an emerging trend and aims to support engineering design by integrating computational technologies like design automation, data science, digital twins, and product lifecycle management. To enable alignment of industrial practice with state of the art, an industrial survey is conducted to capture the status and identify obstacles that hinder implementation in the industry. The results show companies struggle with missing know-how and available experts. Future work should elaborate on methods that facilitate the integration of Digital Engineering in design practice.

Keywords

artificial intelligence (AI)design automationdigital designcomputational design methodsproduct lifecycle management (PLM)
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 1699 - 1708
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