Using Agent-Based Methodologies in Healthcare Information Systems

Reem Abdalla; Alok Mishra

doi:10.2478/cait-2018-0033

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Using Agent-Based Methodologies in Healthcare Information Systems

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

Volume 18 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)

By: Reem Abdalla and Alok Mishra

Open Access

|Jun 2018

Abstract

This paper carries out a comparative analysis to determine the advantages and the stages of two agent-based methodologies: Multi-agent Systems Engineering (MaSE) methodology, which is designed specifically for an agent-based and complete lifecycle approach, while also being appropriate for understanding and developing complex open systems; Agent Systems Methodology (ASEME) suggests a modular Multi-Agent System (MAS) development approach and uses the concept of intra-agent control. We also examine the strengths and weaknesses of these methodologies and the dependencies between their models and their processes. Both methodologies are applied to develop The Guardian Angle: Patient-Centered Health Information System (GA: PCHIS), which is an example of agent-based applications used to improve health care information systems.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2018-0033 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702

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Language: English

Page range: 123 - 132

Submitted on: Jan 19, 2018

Accepted on: Apr 20, 2018

Published on: Jun 30, 2018

Published by: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies

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Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

Agent-based Methodologies,

MaSE,

ASEME

Related subjects:

Computer sciences,

Information technology

© 2018 Reem Abdalla, Alok Mishra, published by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
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Volume 18 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)