Title :
Modeling Healthcare Logistics in a Virtual World
Author :
Thompson, W. ; Hagstrom, Fran
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Abstract :
One of the main themes of these columns has been pervasive computing - exploring a collection of technologies that could work together to make it easier to usher in the Internet of things. In this paper, we review enabling technologies, then take a look at how we can use virtual worlds (in particular, Second Life) to accelerate pervasive computing´s development.
Keywords :
Internet; health care; logistics; ubiquitous computing; virtual reality; Internet; Second Life; healthcare logistics; pervasive computing; virtual world; Acceleration; Avatars; Internet; Logistics; Medical services; Pervasive computing; Physics computing; Radiofrequency identification; Second Life; Technology management; Architectural Perspectives; RFID; Second Life; healthcare; pervasive computing; virtual world;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2008.106
