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Integrating Citizens’ Avatars in Urban Digital Twins

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Title: Integrating Citizens’ Avatars in Urban Digital Twins
Authors: García-Luque, Rafael, Toro-Gálvez, Lorenzo, Moreno, Nathalie, Troya-Castilla, Javier, Canal-Velasco, José Carlos, Pimentel-Sánchez, Ernesto
Source: RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
Universidad de Málaga
Publisher Information: River Publishers, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Subject Terms: Digital avatar, Urban digital twin, 11. Sustainability, Internet de los objetos, Cloud-to-thing continuum
Description: Urban Digital Twins (UDT) represent a powerful tool to effectively make cities smart. Generally, UDTs are linked with other Digital Twins to build ecosystems where the citizen is at the heart of the ecosystem. This is why citizens should be considered first-class entities in the UDTs. At the same time, citizens’ privacy cannot be compromised. In this paper, we propose to integrate citizens’ digital twin in UDTs through their digital avatars (DAs). DAs allow exploiting citizens’ information, behavioral habits and personal preferences, while allowing them to have full control of their own data. We present our architecture that makes use of the Cloud-to-Thing Continuum to optimize available processing resources. We focus on a case study of the public transport service of the city of Malaga (Spain) and describe how we are approaching its implementation. Finally, we validate such UDT implementation through tests that evaluate its accuracy and the factors affecting its performance.
Document Type: Article
ISSN: 1544-5976
1540-9589
DOI: 10.13052/jwe1540-9589.2264
Access URL: https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33427
Rights: CC BY NC
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....15f2f3bb20d0de778228b090349a2ddf
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:Urban Digital Twins (UDT) represent a powerful tool to effectively make cities smart. Generally, UDTs are linked with other Digital Twins to build ecosystems where the citizen is at the heart of the ecosystem. This is why citizens should be considered first-class entities in the UDTs. At the same time, citizens’ privacy cannot be compromised. In this paper, we propose to integrate citizens’ digital twin in UDTs through their digital avatars (DAs). DAs allow exploiting citizens’ information, behavioral habits and personal preferences, while allowing them to have full control of their own data. We present our architecture that makes use of the Cloud-to-Thing Continuum to optimize available processing resources. We focus on a case study of the public transport service of the city of Malaga (Spain) and describe how we are approaching its implementation. Finally, we validate such UDT implementation through tests that evaluate its accuracy and the factors affecting its performance.
ISSN:15445976
15409589
DOI:10.13052/jwe1540-9589.2264