Moretti, Nicola; Mukherjee, Anandarup; Chan, Yin-Chi; Nakaoka, Momoko; Kumar Parlikad, Ajith; (2025) FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN SPACE-AWARE HOSPITAL DIGITAL TWINS DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop of Low-Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation (LoDiSA 2025). Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge (In press).

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Abstract

Hospital facilities are complex systems where the operational efficiency depends on factors such as space, built assets, processes, resources, and logistics. While process-simulation-based improvements have been widely explored in research and practice, few studies investigate how building performance and process efficiency dynamically affect each other. A crucial challenge here is the integration of multi-source data to support cross-domain decision-making capable of informing effective actions at the intersection of Asset, Facilities, Operations Management, and clinical services. Building on the results of the Digital Hospitals project, this paper discusses the latest developments addressing this challenge and analyses the future directions in developing a multi-data-source, process-based Digital Twin for optimal hospital operations. The paper proposes a mid-term research agenda to address key knowledge gaps such as (i) improving the reliability and granularity of integrated indoor and outdoor built environment modelling; (ii) multi-source real-time data communication; (iii) the integration of built asset and clinical equipment monitoring (iv) development of ontology-based data integration strategies; and (iv) testing in operational environment and generalisation. The research agenda sets out the plan to further advance the works in modelling, simulation and control of processes, assets and resources towards a fully functional hospital Digital Twin.

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