Policy-based Awareness Management (PAM): Case study of a wireless communication system at a hospital

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1791-1805

  Talaei Khoei, Amir ^a   Solvoll, Terje ^b   Ray, Pradeep ^a   Parameshwaran, Nandan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Awareness; Computer supported cooperative work; Intelligent agents; Policy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; HOSPITALS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AWARENESS; AWARENESS MANAGEMENT; COST-EFFICIENT; ITS APPLICATIONS; POLICY-BASED; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 79960837057     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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