Arden2ByteCode: A one-pass Arden Syntax compiler for service-oriented decision support systems based on the OSGi platform

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-125

  Gietzelt, Matthias ^a   Goltz, Ursula ^a   Grunwald, Daniel ^a   Lochau, Malte ^a   Marschollek, Michael ^a,b   Song, Bianying ^a   Wolf, Klaus Hendrik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arden Syntax; Compiler; Decision support; Java Bytecode; Knowledge based systems; Service oriented architecture

Indexed keywords

ARDEN SYNTAX; AUTOMATED SENSORS; COMPILER; DECISION RULES; DECISION SUPPORTS; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; EXECUTION TIME; EXERCISE TRAINING; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; INFORMED DECISION; JAVA BYTE CODES; JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINES; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; ONE-PASS; OPEN SERVICES GATEWAY INITIATIVES; OPEN SOURCES; OSGI PLATFORM; SERVICE ORIENTED; STATE OF HEALTH; TRAINING SESSIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SERVICES; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); SYNTACTICS;

PROGRAM COMPILERS;

ARDEN2BYTECODE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXERCISE; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MARKUP LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPEN SERVICE GATEWAY INITIATIVE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 84859341566     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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