, or optimizing these groups of devices thus requires distributed logic that analyzes the &ldquo;bigger picture&rdquo; and then acts upon it.</p>
<p>A powerful approach to implement this is using <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_twin">digital twins</a></em>: each device has a corresponding virtual entity (i.e. the digital twin), which also captures their relationships and interactions. The digital twins track the status of their corresponding devices and send updates to other twins, repres