Freight transport in urban areas is one of the many challenging domains that cities have to manage. E-commerce and omni-channel services have fragmented the flow of deliveries, and the variety of modes of transport used for freight has expanded …

We present Social Digital Twinner, an innovative social simulation tool for exploring plausible effects of what-if scenarios in complex adaptive social systems. The architecture is composed of three seamlessly integrated parts: a data infrastructure …

Journal of Metaverse has emerged as a global interdisciplinary platform in 2021 for research on the Metaverse, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain. In a short period, it has attracted contributions from …

Large-scale social digital twinning projects are complex with multiple objectives. For example, a social digital twinning platform for innovative last-mile delivery solutions may aim to assess consumer delivery method choices within their social …

Logistics plays a crucial role in modern society, particularly in densely populated urban areas, facilitating the transportation of goods. Last-mile e-commerce deliveries are emissions-intensive, contributing significantly to CO2 levels and traffic …

Digital Twins Types There are presently three types of digital twins: those for individual assets, operations and predictions. In this article, we will focus on individual assets. Examples of these assets include drilling machines in the oil and gas industry or assembly line equipment.