Title :
Agent.Hospital - agent-based open framework for clinical applications
Author :
Kirn, Stefan ; Herrler, Rainer ; Heine, Christian ; Krempels, Karl-Heinz
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Econ. & Bus. Adm., Technische Univ. Ilmenau, Germany
Abstract :
Agent.Hospital is an open agent-based (software) framework for distributed application in the healthcare domain. Previous appropriation of the Agent.Hospital development is application and examination of agent technology in realistic business scenarios and the identification of further research needs. This paper introduces the framework developed by the German Priority Research Program 1083. We describe the initial system concept, currently implemented or specified functionalities and the integration of FIPA standardization activities. The example scenario "clinical trials" illustrates how Agent.Hospital supports distributed clinical processes as well as further research of agent technology.
Keywords :
cooperative systems; distributed processing; medical expert systems; Agent.Hospital; FIPA standardization; German Priority Research Program 1083; agent-based open framework; clinical applications; distributed application; distributed clinical processes; healthcare domain; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Computer science; Environmental economics; Intelligent agent; Logistics; Medical services; Software agents; Software systems; Standardization;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2003. WET ICE 2003. Proceedings. Twelfth IEEE International Workshops on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1963-6
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.2003.1231379
