From Biometrics to Environmental Control: AI-Enhanced Digital Twins for Personalized Health Interventions in Healing Landscapes
Journal:
arXiv
Published Date:
May 4, 2025
Abstract
The dynamic nature of human health and comfort calls for adaptive systems
that respond to individual physiological needs in real time. This paper
presents an AI-enhanced digital twin framework that integrates biometric
signals, specifically electrocardiogram (ECG) data, with environmental
parameters such as temperature, humidity, and ventilation. Leveraging
IoT-enabled sensors and biometric monitoring devices, the system continuously
acquires, synchronises, and preprocesses multimodal data streams to construct a
responsive virtual replica of the physical environment. To validate this
framework, a detailed case study is conducted using the MIT-BIH noise stress
test dataset. ECG signals are filtered and segmented using dynamic sliding
windows, followed by extracting heart rate variability (HRV) features such as
SDNN, BPM, QTc, and LF/HF ratio. Relative deviation metrics are computed
against clean baselines to quantify stress responses. A random forest
classifier is trained to predict stress levels across five categories, and
Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) is used to interpret model behaviour and
identify key contributing features. These predictions are mapped to a
structured set of environmental interventions using a Five Level Stress
Intervention Mapping, which activates multi-scale responses across personal,
room, building, and landscape levels. This integration of physiological
insight, explainable AI, and adaptive control establishes a new paradigm for
health-responsive built environments. It lays the foundation for the future
development of intelligent, personalised healing spaces.