Adaptivity and Scheduling

Rainer Herrler () and Frank Puppe ()
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Rainer Herrler: Universität Würzburg
Frank Puppe: Universität Würzburg

Chapter 5 in Multiagent Engineering, 2006, pp 277-299 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Functional Unit; Multiagent System; Task Execution; Appointment Schedule; Shift Schedule (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32062-8_15

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