Agent Technology and e-Health
Multi-agent systems are one of the most exciting research areas in Artificial Intelligence. In the last ten years there has been a growing interest in the application of agent-based systems in health care. Moreover, a growing European community of researc
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This series reports new developments in agent-based software technologies and agentoriented software engineering methodologies, with particular emphasis on applications in the area of autonomic computing & communications. The spectrum of the series includes research monographs, high quality notes resulting from research and industrial projects, outstanding Ph.D. theses, and the proceedings of carefully selected conferences. The series is targeted at promoting advanced research an facilitating know-how transfer to industrial use.
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Agent Technology and e-Health Roberta Annicchiarico Ulises Cortés Cristina Urdiales Editors
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Editors: Roberta Annicchiarico Ulises Cortés Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS Departamento Software Via Ardeatina 306 Universidad Polytècnica de Catalunya 00179 Roma C. Jordi Girona 1-3 08034 Barcelona Italy [email protected] Spain [email protected] Cristina Urdiales Departamento Tecnologia ETSI Telecomunicacion Universidad Malaga Campus de Teatinos 29071 Malaga Spain [email protected]
2000 Mathematical Subject Classification: 68T05, 68T30 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007938078
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Contents U. Cort´es, R. Annicchiarico and C. Urdiales Agents and Healthcare: Usability and Acceptance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 M. Lluch-Ariet, F. Estanyol, M. Mier, C. Delgado, H. Gonz´ alez-V´elez, T. Dalmas, M
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