Unravelling the Use of Digital Twins to Assist Decision- and Policy-Making in Smart Cities

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20916v1
• Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 15:21:51 GMT
• Title: Unravelling the Use of Digital Twins to Assist Decision- and Policy-Making in Smart Cities
• Authors: Lucy Temple, Gabriela Viale Pereira, Lukas Daniel Klausner,
• Abstract summary: This short paper represents a systematic literature review that sets the basis for the future development of a framework for digital twin-based decision support in the public sector. The final aim of the research is to model context-specific digital twins for aiding the decision-making processes in smart cities.
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• Abstract: This short paper represents a systematic literature review that sets the basis for the future development of a framework for digital twin-based decision support in the public sector, specifically for the smart city domain. The final aim of the research is to model context-specific digital twins for aiding the decision-making processes in smart cities and devise methods for defining the policy agenda. Overall, this short paper provides a foundation, based on the main concepts from existing literature, for further research in the role and applications of urban digital twins to assist decision- and policy-making in smart cities. The existing literature analyses common applications of digital twins in smart city development with a focus on supporting decision- and policy-making. Future work will centre on developing a digital-twin-based sustainable smart city and defining different scenarios concerning challenges of good governance, especially so-called wicked problems, in smaller-scale urban and non-urban contexts.

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