A cloud based health insurance plan recommendation system: A user centered approach

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 43-44, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-109

  Abbas, Assad ^a   Bilal, Kashif ^a,b   Zhang, Limin ^a   Khan, Samee U ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Multi attribute utility theory; Plan ranking; Recommendation system

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTATION THEORY; COSTS; DATA AS A SERVICE (DAAS); DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HEALTH; INSURANCE; PURCHASING; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS);

BENEFITS AND COSTS; HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS; HETEROGENEOUS DATA; INSURANCE PROVIDERS; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION; PLAN RANKING; USER-CENTERED APPROACH;

HEALTH INSURANCE;

EID: 84911413802     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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