Computer technology for controlling digital twin simulation in voice assistant devices

A computer-implemented method (CIM) for use with a digital twin data set that represents a real life process, the CIM comprising:

• receiving, from a first user and over a communication network a first query that relates to the real life process;
• performing a digital twin simulation on the digital twin data set to obtain a response to the first query;
• and
• communicating, over the communication network and to the first user, the response to the first query.

A computer-implemented method (CIM) for use with a digital twin data set that represents a real life product, the CIM comprising:

• receiving, from a first user and over a communication network a first query that relates to the real life product;
• determining a first set of precision and/or accuracy threshold value(s) (p/a threshold value(s)) that represent a degree of precision and/or accuracy is appropriate for a response to the first query;
• determining that a response to the first query received from a pre-existing knowledge corpus will not meet one, or more, of the first set of p/a threshold value(s);
• and
• responsive to the determination that the response to the first query received from a pre-existing knowledge corpus will not meet one, or more, of the first set of p/a threshold value(s):
• performing a digital twin simulation on the digital twin data set to obtain a response to the first query, and
• communicating, over the communication network and to the first user, the response to the first query.