ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,384, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"Digital twin modeling and optimization of production processes" was invented by Mohammad Dehghanimohammadabadi (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine learning system and method for optimizing a production process. For instance, the method includes several steps as follows: selecting different values for a plurality of input parameters of a digital model of the production process for simulation; running the digital model using the different values for the plurality of input parameters and at least some of real-time data of the production process; determ...