Developing smart emergency applications with multi-agent systems

International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Bergenti, Federico ^a   Poggi, Agostino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CASCOM; E health; Emergency rescue missions; Intelligent agents; M health; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872792243     PISSN: 1947315X     EISSN: 19473168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jehmc.2010100101     Document Type: Article

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