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AI-based persona simulation -- often referred to as digital twin simulation -- is increasingly used for market research, recommender systems, and social sciences. Despite their flexibility, large language models (LLMs) often exhibit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Grace Jiarui Fan , Chengpiao Huang , Tianyi Peng , Kaizheng Wang , Yuhang Wu

The concept of a digital twin (DT) plays a pivotal role in the ongoing digital transformation and has achieved significant strides for various wireless applications in recent years. In particular, the field of autonomous vehicles is a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Kui Wang , Tao Yu , Zongdian Li , Kei Sakaguchi , Omar Hashash , Walid Saad

Future communication networks are expected to achieve deep integration of communication, sensing, and computation, forming a tightly coupled and autonomously operating infrastructure system. However, current reliance on centralized control,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Gaosheng Zhao , Dong In Kim

Scientists and practitioners are increasingly moving to deploy digital twins--LLM-based models of real individuals--across social science and policy research. We conduct 19 pre-registered studies spanning 164 diverse outcomes (e.g.,…

We introduce a novel framework that integrates Semantic Digital Twins (SDTs) with Large Language Models (LLMs) to enable adaptive and goal-driven robotic task execution in dynamic environments. The system decomposes natural language…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Mehreen Naeem , Andrew Melnik , Michael Beetz

In this paper, we study a digital twin (DT)-empowered integrated sensing, communication, and computation network. Specifically, the users perform radar sensing and computation offloading on the same spectrum, while unmanned aerial vehicles…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-27 Bin Li , Wenshuai Liu , Wancheng Xie , Ning Zhang , Yan Zhang

Human-robot teams have the ability to perform better across various tasks than human-only and robot-only teams. However, such improvements cannot be realized without proper task allocation. Trust is an important factor in teaming…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Arsha Ali , Hebert Azevedo-Sa , Dawn M. Tilbury , Lionel P. Robert

Smart Digital twins (SDTs) are being increasingly used to virtually replicate and predict the behaviors of complex physical systems through continual data assimilation enabling the optimization of the performance of these systems by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Md Ruman Islam , Mahadevan Subramaniam , Pei-Chi Huang

Digital twin technology has a huge potential for widespread applications in different industrial sectors such as infrastructure, aerospace, and automotive. However, practical adoptions of this technology have been slower, mainly due to a…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-06-16 Souvik Chakraborty , Sondipon Adhikari

The evolution and growing automation of collaborative robots introduce more complexity and unpredictability to systems, highlighting the crucial need for robot's adaptability and flexibility to address the increasing complexities of their…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Yuzhu Sun , Mien Van , Stephen McIlvanna , Nguyen Minh Nhat , Kabirat Olayemi , Jack Close , Seán McLoone

The proliferation of emergent network applications (e.g., AR/VR, telesurgery, real-time communications) is increasing the difficulty of managing modern communication networks. These applications typically have stringent requirements (e.g.,…

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…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-06-03 Lucy Temple , Gabriela Viale Pereira , Lukas Daniel Klausner

A human computation system can be viewed as a distributed system in which the processors are humans, called workers. Such systems harness the cognitive power of a group of workers connected to the Internet to execute relatively simple…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2015-06-09 Lesandro Ponciano , Francisco Brasileiro , Nazareno Andrade , Lívia Sampaio

A Digital Twin is a virtual system that can fully describe a physical one. It constantly receives data from its counterpart's sensors, consults external sources, and obtains manual inputs from its stakeholders. The DT uses all this…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Laura Bragante Corssac , Juliano Araujo Wickboldt

As testified by new regulations like the European AI act, the worries about the societal impact of (autonomous) software technologies are becoming of public concern. Social and human values, besides the traditional software behaviour and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Martina De Sanctis , Paola Inverardi , Patrizio Pelliccione

With Digital Twin (DT) construction and evolution occurring over time, stakeholders require tools to understand the current characteristics and conceptual architecture of the system at any time. We introduce DTInsight, a systematic and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Kérian Fiter , Louis Malassigné-Onfroy , Bentley Oakes

Digital twins have been introduced as supporters to city operations, yet existing scene-descriptor formats and digital twin platforms often lack the integration, federation, and adaptable connectivity that urban environments demand. Modern…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Ioannis Tsampras , Georgios Stergiopoulos , Tanya Politi , Spyros Denazis

In today's networked world, Digital Twin Networks (DTNs) are revolutionizing how we understand and optimize physical networks. These networks, also known as 'Digital Twin Networks (DTNs)' or 'Networks Digital Twins (NDTs),' encompass many…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Sarah Al-Shareeda , Khayal Huseynov , Lal Verda Cakir , Craig Thomson , Mehmet Ozdem , Berk Canberk

Societal-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles requires them to coexist with human drivers, necessitating mutual understanding and coordination among these entities. However, purely real-world or simulation-based experiments cannot be…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Tanmay Vilas Samak , Chinmay Vilas Samak , Venkat Narayan Krovi

The Digital Twin (DT) offers a novel approach to the management of critical infrastructures, including energy, water, traffic, public health, and communication systems, which are indispensable for the functioning of modern societies. The…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Eva Brucherseifer , Marco Marquard , Martin Hellmann , Andrea Tundis