The self-aware diabetic patient software agent model

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1900-1909

  Wang, Zhanle ^a   Paranjape, Raman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Diabetes; Self monitoring blood glucose; Self awareness; Software agent

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HEALTHCARE QUALITY; INSULIN-GLUCOSE INTERACTION; SELF-AWARENESS; SELF-MONITORING; SELF-MONITORING BLOOD GLUCOSE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOOD; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

GLUCOSE;

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIABETIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MONITORING; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BEHAVIORS; DIABETES; SELF MONITORING BLOOD GLUCOSE; SELF-AWARENESS; SOFTWARE AGENT;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84884727932     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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