An abductive multi-agent framework for distributed service coordination and reasoning in emergency scenarios

In this paper we will show how an abductive multi-agent approach could be successfully exploited in a emergency scenario. To this purpose we will present MeSSyCo, a multi-agent system that integrates and coordinates heterogeneous medical and non medical services. MeSSyCo agents can perform different tasks such as diagnosis, service coordination and intelligent resource allocation. The MeSSyCo coordination infrastructure based on abductive reasoning allows several distinct specialized service providers to be aggregated and properly coordinated in order to perform more complex medical and non medical tasks.