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Adaptivity and Scheduling

In: Multiagent Engineering

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  • Rainer Herrler

    (Universität Würzburg)

  • Frank Puppe

    (Universität Würzburg)

Abstract

The structures in health care are currently changing. Clinical management and physicians have the obligation to both ensure quality of care and to work more cost effectively. The optimization of the system respecting these contrary goals is a big challenge. New information technology and computer applications like adaptive agent based assistance agents may be one way to optimize the system. Additionally organizational changes regarding resources or processes may also enhance the system. In many cases the effects of optimization ideas are difficult to foresee. This chapter describes the possibilities of multiagent simulation for experimentation and optimization of adaptive scheduling in hospitals. It presents a specialized agent based construction kit for hospital simulation and describes the results of realized example scenarios.

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  • Rainer Herrler & Frank Puppe, 2006. "Adaptivity and Scheduling," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Stefan Kirn & Otthein Herzog & Peter Lockemann & Otto Spaniol (ed.), Multiagent Engineering, chapter 5, pages 277-299, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-540-32062-3_15
    DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32062-8_15
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