Normative Agents in Health Care: Uses and challenges

AI Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-189

  Vázquez Salceda, Javier ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agents in health care; Electronic Institutions; Normative Agents; Norms

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; HEALTH CARE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY; SECURITY OF DATA;

AGENTS IN HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC INSTITUTIONS; NORMATIVE AGENTS; NORMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 25644434233     PISSN: 09217126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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