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DIKW as a General and Digital Twin Action Framework: Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom
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: Received: 1 February 2024 / Approved: 2 February 2024 / Online: 2 February 2024 (07:26:50 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 3 March 2024 / Approved: 4 March 2024 / Online: 4 March 2024 (09:57:47 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 3 March 2024 / Approved: 4 March 2024 / Online: 4 March 2024 (09:57:47 CET)
A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.
Grieves, M. DIKW as a General and Digital Twin Action Framework: Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom. Knowledge 2024, 4, 120-140. Grieves, M. DIKW as a General and Digital Twin Action Framework: Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom. Knowledge 2024, 4, 120-140.
Abstract
This paper will discuss Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom, which is commonly referred to as DIKW. The DIKW Pyramid Model that is often referenced in both academics and practitioner circles will be discussed and shown to be faulty on several levels, including. a lack of definitional agreement. A new DIKW framework will be proposed that focuses on what the DIKW elements do in the way humans think, not what they are by definition. Information as a replacement for wasted physical resources in goal-oriented tasks will be a central organizing point. The paper will move the DIKW discussion to the computer-based concept of Digital Twins (DTs) and its augmentation of how we can use DIKW to be more effective and efficient. This will especially be the case as we move to Intelligent Digital Twins (IDT) with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Keywords
Data; Information; Knowledge; Wisdom; DIKW; Digital Twins; Intelligent Digital Twins; IDT
Subject
Computer Science and Mathematics, Information Systems
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