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A software framework using a team of human Digital Twins (DTs) can predict athlete fitness outcomes and generate counterfactual explanations to suggest behavioral modifications for optimization.
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SmartFit computes trustable predictions of the physical twins’ conditions and produces understandable suggestions which can be used by trainers to trigger optimization actions in the athletes’ behavior.
Why this rating
The study describes a software framework and initial validation with a small team of athletes; it is not a large-scale randomized controlled trial.
Source
Human Digital Twin for Fitness Management
Barbara Rita Barricelli et al. · IEEE Access · 2020
DOI 10.1109/access.2020.2971576
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