Formalizing an electronic institution for the distribution of human tissues

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-258

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

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Agent mediated institutions; Autonomous agents; Multi agent systems; Negotiation; Real time systems

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TISSUE;

ELECTRONIC INSTITUTION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0347579838     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3657(03)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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