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Integrated Digital Twins and Blockchain Framework for Privacy and Security of Applications

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Digital twin technology has moved beyond simulating only small and light systems into creating virtual replicas of more complex systems that depend on a hybrid of emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Extended Reality (XR), Artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain. A growing body of literature investigates the importance of integrating digital Twin and Blockchain technologies in multiple applications. This chapter investigates the power of blockchain to process and secure digital twin models. Moreover, it discussed the application of integrating Blockchain and the digital Twin in a set of recent domains, supply chain and logistics, public utilities, and healthcare. Finally, the chapter discussed a set of open research areas that promise more applications of Blockchain and the digital Twin soon.

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  1. Higher Institute of Computer Science and Information Systems-Culture and Science City, 6 October City, Giza, Egypt

    Mohamed Torky

  2. Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

    Ashraf Darwish

  3. Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Aboul Ella Hassanien

  4. Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE), Giza, Egypt

    Mohamed Torky, Ashraf Darwish & Aboul Ella Hassanien

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    Ashraf Darwish

  3. VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Torky, M., Darwish, A., Hassanien, A.E. (2022). Integrated Digital Twins and Blockchain Framework for Privacy and Security of Applications. In: Hassanien, A.E., Darwish, A., Snasel, V. (eds) Digital Twins for Digital Transformation: Innovation in Industry. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 423. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96802-1_6

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