Multi-agent based patient scheduling using particle swarm optimization

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 386-393

  Kanaga, E Grace Mary ^a   Valarmathi, M L ^b  

^a KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agents; Multi agent Coordination; Particle Swarm Optimization; Patient Scheduling

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT-BASED APPROACH; DATA SETS; DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; DISPATCHING RULES; EXACT METHODS; FIRST COME FIRST SERVES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; JAVA AGENTS; LONGEST PROCESSING TIME; META-HEURISTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTI AGENT; MULTI-AGENT COORDINATIONS; MULTIPLE CONSTRAINT; MULTIPLE RESOURCES; OPTIMAL SCHEDULE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZED SCHEDULE; PARTICLE SWARM; PATIENT WAITING TIME; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; RESOURCE AGENTS; SHORTEST PROCESSING TIME; SOCIAL ABILITIES; TOTAL WEIGHTED COMPLETION TIME; WAITING-TIME;

AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; SCHEDULING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 84859071934     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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