Title :
The application of interface agent to a health care system
Author :
Nishiyama, Takashi ; Murakami, Shuji ; Nakajima, Ryoji ; Sawada, Kazuya ; Katai, Osamu
Author_Institution :
Adv. Technol. Res. Lab., Matsushita Electr. Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan
Abstract :
A human interface called “interface agent” is considered, suitable for unskilled users of computers. The paper presents two types of interface agents and an interactive framework between the agents, and introduces an example applied to and realized in a health care system. One agent is “an avatar of unskilled users” that visually shows the users the certain conditions they are situated in. The other is “a problem-solving agent” that has the domain knowledge on the problem regarding the users and a general knowledge on interaction among the two types of the agents. The problem-solving agent interacts with the users´ avatar agent by making effective use of such knowledge and assists the users to solve the problem
Keywords :
health care; problem solving; software agents; user interfaces; avatar; domain knowledge; health care system; human interface; interactive framework; interface agent; problem-solving agent; unskilled users; Avatars; Biomedical informatics; Computer interfaces; Computerized monitoring; Environmental management; Humans; Laboratories; Medical services; Problem-solving; State feedback;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.814185
