Agents applied in health care: A review

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-166

  Isern, David ^a   Sánchez, David ^a   Moreno, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Computer assisted; Decision making; Medical informatics; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; AGENT TECHNOLOGY; AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; AGENT-ORIENTED PARADIGMS; AUTONOMIC SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED; COORDINATION TECHNIQUE; HEALTHCARE DOMAINS; HEALTHCARE PROBLEMS; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; MEDICAL DATABASE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS; PERSONALISATION; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; RESOURCE LIMITATIONS; SOFTWARE APPROACH; SYSTEM MAINTENANCE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEGACY SYSTEMS; MAINTAINABILITY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; RESEARCH; REUSABILITY; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS;

EID: 75949112470     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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