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ArticlePNAS nexus2024

Complexity data science: A spin-off from digital twins.

Frank Emmert-Streib, Hocine Cherifi, Kimmo Kaski, Stuart Kauffman, Olli Yli-Harja

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Mapping the future of medicine through digital twins.Frontiers in molecular medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Frank Emmert-StreibPredictive Society and Data Analytics Lab, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 7, 33720 Tampere, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-5641
Hocine CherifiLaboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-4921
Kimmo KaskiDepartment of Computer Science, Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3805-9687
Stuart KauffmanInstitute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-4312
Olli Yli-HarjaPredictive Society and Data Analytics Lab, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Korkeakoulunkatu 7, 33720 Tampere, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4818-448X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital twins offer a new and exciting framework that has recently attracted significant interest in fields such as oncology, immunology, and cardiology. The basic idea of a digital twin is to combine simulation and learning to create a virtual model of a physical object. In this paper, we explore how the concept of digital twins can be generalized into a broader, overarching field. From a theoretical standpoint, this generalization is achieved by recognizing that the duality of a digital twin fundamentally connects complexity science with data science, leading to the emergence of complexity data science as a synthesis of the two. We examine the broader implications of this field, including its historical roots, challenges, and opportunities.

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complexity sciencedata sciencedigital twinlearningsimulation

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PMID39534652
PMCPMC11555686

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