COSMOA an ontology-centric multi-agent system for co-ordinating medical responses to large-scale disasters

AI Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-240

  Bloodsworth, Peter ^a   Greenwood, Sue ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Healthcare; Multi agent; Ontology centric

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EMERGENCY SERVICE TRAINING; ONTOLOGY-CENTRIC; TERRORISM;

DISASTER PREVENTION;

EID: 25644434819     PISSN: 09217126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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