Deploying an agent-based architecture for the management of community care

ABSTRACT

This paper describes a project designed to show how a global multi-agent architecture can be used to support care in the community. Services in this area are notoriously difficult to coordinate with the direct and indirect involvement of a large number of independent, autonomous agencies, each of which has its own priorities and aspirations. Also, by the very nature of the services provided the caring community is highly mobile and distributed making the collection and dissemination of information extremely difficult. The Integrated Community Care (INCA) project has been designed to show how multi-agent technology can be used to address some of these issues.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Subjects: Multiagent systems

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
collaborative care, community care