Towards the Human Digital Twin: definition and design - a survey

Martin Wolfgang Lauer-Schmaltz; Philip Cash; John Paulin Hansen; Anja Maier

doi:10.48550/arXiv.2402.07922

Towards the Human Digital Twin: definition and design - a survey

Martin Wolfgang Lauer-Schmaltz, Philip Cash, John Paulin Hansen, Anja Maier

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Human Digital Twins (HDTs) are a fast-emerging technology with significant potential in fields ranging from healthcare to sports. HDTs extend the traditional understanding of Digital Twins by representing humans as the underlying physical entity. This has introduced several significant challenges, including ambiguity in the definition of HDTs and a lack of guidance for their design. This survey brings together the recent advances in the field of HDTs to guide future developers by proposing a first cross-domain definition of HDTs based on their characteristics, as well as eleven key design considerations that emerge from the associated challenges.

This paper is an extension of the following paper: Lauer-Schmaltz MW, Cash P, Hansen JP, Maier A. Designing Human Digital Twins for Behaviour-Changing Therapy and Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review. Proceedings of the Design Society. 2022;2:1303-1312. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.132

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Ithaca, NY
Pages	1-30
Number of pages	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.07922
Publication status	Published - 3 Feb 2024

Keywords

digital twin
human digital twin
digital twinning
design
rehabilitation
health
HCI
human computer interaction
human computer interaction (HCI)

UN SDGs

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Towards the Human Digital Twin: definition and design - a survey

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