An agent-based architecture for managing the provision of community care - The INCA (Intelligent Community Alarm) experience

AI Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-192

  Beer, Martin ^a   Hill, Richard ^a   Huang, Wei ^b   Sixsmith, Andrew ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent applications; Community care; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

AGENT BASED ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY CARE; INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY ALARM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0346907002     PISSN: 09217126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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