Digital Shadows in Self-Improving System Integration: A Concept U sing Generative Modelling

Self-improving system integration (SISSY) aims at a continuous self-assessment and goal-oriented modification of the integration status of component systems within an overall system constellation. In this article, we argue that the process of self-assessing the conditions and the integration status can be supported by a continuously generated and updated model of the self - the digital shadow. We briefly summarise the concept by showing how this can serve as a basis for establishing the self-improvement part of SISSY and introduce three recent application scenarios, where we apply the technology.