# COOCK project Smart Port 2025 D3.1: "To Twin Or Not To Twin"

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12747 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.12747/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 23 Jan 2024.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [AI Simulation by Digital Twins: Systematic Survey, Reference Framework, and Mapping to a Standardized Architecture](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.06580/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This document is a result of the COOCK project "Smart Port 2025: improving and accelerating the operational efficiency of a harbour eco-system through the application of intelligent technologies". It reports on the needs of companies for modelling and simulation and AI-based techniques, with twinning systems in particular. This document categorizes the purposes and Properties of Interest for the use of Digital Twins. It further illustrates some of the twinning usages, and touches on some of the potential architectural compositions for twins. This last topic will be further elaborated in a followup report.