Urban digital twin challenges: A systematic review and perspectives for sustainable smart cities

C Weil, SE Bibri, R Longchamp, F Golay… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent scientific and technological advancements have transformed the knowledge
frontiers, giving rise to the next wave of disruptive technologies with deep impacts on urban …

Digital twin technology challenges and applications: A comprehensive review

DM Botín-Sanabria, AS Mihaita, RE Peimbert-García… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object or process capable of collecting
information from the real environment to represent, validate and simulate the physical twin's …

Production logistics digital twins: Research profiling, application, challenges and opportunities

Y Zhu, J Cheng, Z Liu, Q Cheng, X Zou, H Xu… - Robotics and Computer …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the era of Industry 4.0, Production Logistic Digital Twins (PLDTs) have garnered
remarkable attention from both academic and industrial communities. This is evident from …

The use of drones for last-mile delivery: A numerical case study in Milan, Italy

F Borghetti, C Caballini, A Carboni, G Grossato, R Maja… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increasing use of e-commerce introduces major challenges for last-mile delivery, which
is critical to ensure smooth functioning of supply chains. Besides the speed and cost of …

Digital twin enabled sustainable urban road planning

F Jiang, L Ma, T Broyd, W Chen, H Luo - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable urban road planning should endeavor to meet current and future traffic-related
demands and achieve financial, environmental, and social benefits, which is a complex and …

Optimization and machine learning applied to last-mile logistics: A review

N Giuffrida, J Fajardo-Calderin, AD Masegosa… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growth in e-commerce that our society has faced in recent years is changing the view
companies have on last-mile logistics, due to its increasing impact on the whole supply …

[HTML][HTML] Revam** structural health monitoring of advanced rail transit systems: A paradigmatic shift from digital shadows to digital twins

MO Adeagbo, SM Wang, YQ Ni - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
Advanced rail transit systems (ARTS), including high-speed rail and maglev trains, provide
enhanced transportation options to meet the growing demand for efficient transportation …

City digital twins: Their maturity level and differentiation from 3D city models

H Masoumi, S Shirowzhan, P Eskandarpour… - Big Earth Data, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The emerging field of City Digital Twins has advanced in recent years with the help of digital
infrastructure and technologies connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). However, the …

The evolution of interactivity, immersion and interoperability in HBIM: Digital model uses, VR and AR for built cultural heritage

F Banfi - ISPRS International Journal of geo-information, 2021 - mdpi.com
Today, a building is not just a “body” or a “machine” as defined by modern architecture, but
rather an immaterial entity immersed in a digital world where not only its components but …

A conceptual digital twin framework for city logistics

A Belfadel, S Hörl, RJ Tapia, D Politaki, I Kureshi… - … Environment and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban logistics is one of the key elements of urban mobility planning. The use of real-time
information systems in logistics operations generates an enormous amount of data …