UCTx: A multi-agent system to assist a transplant coordination unit

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-70

  Cortes U ^a   Vazquez Salceda J ^a   Lopez Navidad A ^b   Caballero, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent mediated institutions; Negotiation; Tissues bank; Transplants

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HOSPITALS; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

AGENT MEDIATED INSTITUTIONS; TRANSPLANT COORDINATION UNIT;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0346338871     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APIN.0000011142.91514.57     Document Type: Article

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