Anthropic agency: A multiagent system for physiological processes

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-334

  Amigoni, Francesco ^a   Dini, Marco ^a   Gatti, Nicola ^a   Somalvico, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropic agency; Glucose insulin metabolism processes; Negotiation; Physiological process control

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

ANTHROPIC AGENCY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; INSULIN METABOLISM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MACHINE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0037343821     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(03)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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