A multi-agent-based, semantic-driven system for decision support in epidemic management

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 195-208

  Li, Sen ^a   Mackaness, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiological semantics; health information management; service discovery and composition; spatial decision support system; spatio temporal ontology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVICES; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNET; SEMANTICS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNET; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84940497822     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458213517704     Document Type: Article

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