An agent-based architecture for home care monitoring and education of chronic patients

COMPENG 2010 - Complexity in Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 138-140

  Capozzi, Davide ^a   Lanzola, Giordano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based systems; Component; Mobile computing; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED ARCHITECTURE; AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; BLUETOOTH PROTOCOL; CENTRAL AGENT; CLINICAL STAFF; COMPONENT; DAILY ACTIVITY; DATA-ACQUISITION DEVICES; GPRS / UMTS; HOME CARE; LONG RANGE; MONITORING SERVICES; PATIENT STATE; REMOTE AGENTS; WIRELESS CONNECTIVITIES;

MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 77952229556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMPENG.2010.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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