Data integration across urban digital twin lifecycle: a comprehensive review of current initiatives

I Jeddoub, GA Nys, R Hajji, R Billen - Annals of GIS, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Challenges related to data integration and interoperability were raised recently under the
auspice of the Urban Digital Twin (UDT). This new paradigm shows its potential to address …

A perception-powered urban digital twin to support human-centered urban planning and sustainable city development

J Luo, P Liu, W Xu, T Zhao, F Biljecki - Cities, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Digital Twins (UDTs) offer a promising avenue for advancing sustainable
urban development by mirroring physical environments and complex urban dynamics. Such …

Integrating human perception in 3D city models and urban digital twins

B Lei, X Liang, F Biljecki - ISPRS Annals of the …, 2024 - isprs-annals.copernicus.org
Urban digital twins, and 3D city models underpinning them, provide novel solutions to urban
management but tend to overlook the human element. The trending research on human …

What is a Digital Twin Anyway? Deriving the Definition for the Built Environment from over 15,000 Scientific Publications

M Abdelrahman, E Macatulad, B Lei… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The concept of digital twins has attracted significant attention across various domains,
particularly within the built environment. However, there is a sheer volume of definitions and …

Application of human-centric digital twins: Predicting outdoor thermal comfort distribution in Singapore using multi-source data and machine learning

X Liu, Z Gou, C Yuan - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
In the face of global climate warming, outdoor thermal comfort in urban settings is
increasingly critical. However, accurately predicting residents' thermal perceptions during …