An Abductive Multi-Agent Framework for Distributed Service Coordination and Reasoning in Emergency Scenarios

Sergio Storari; Anna Ciampolini; Paola Mello

1st International ICST Workshop on Mobile and Distributed Approaches in Emergency Scenarios

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An Abductive Multi-Agent Framework for Distributed Service Coordination and Reasoning in Emergency Scenarios

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2538,
    author={Sergio Storari and Anna Ciampolini and Paola Mello},
    title={An Abductive Multi-Agent Framework for Distributed Service Coordination and Reasoning in Emergency Scenarios},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Mobile and Distributed Approaches in Emergency Scenarios},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={MODIES},
    year={2008},
    month={7},
    keywords={Automatic programming Disaster management Fires Hospitals Intelligent agent Logic Medical diagnostic imaging Medical services Multiagent systems Resource management},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2538}
}

Sergio Storari
Anna Ciampolini
Paola Mello
Year: 2008
An Abductive Multi-Agent Framework for Distributed Service Coordination and Reasoning in Emergency Scenarios
MODIES
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2538

Sergio Storari¹^,*, Anna Ciampolini²^,*, Paola Mello²^,*

1: ENDIF - University of Ferrara, Via Saragat, 1 - 44100 - Ferrara - Italy
2: DEIS - University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2 - 40136 - Bologna - Italy

*Contact email: sergio.storari@unife.it, aciampolini@deis.unibo.it, pmello@deis.unibo.it

Abstract

In this paper we will show how an abductive multiagent approach could be successfully exploited in a emergency scenario. To this purpose we will present MeSSyCo, a multi-agent system that integrates and coordinates heterogeneous medical and non medical services. MeSSyCo agents can perform different tasks such as diagnosis, service coordination and intelligent resource allocation. The MeSSyCo coordination infrastructure based on abductive reasoning allows several distinct specialized service providers to be aggregated and properly coordinated in order to perform more complex medical and non medical tasks.

Keywords: Automatic programming Disaster management Fires Hospitals Intelligent agent Logic Medical diagnostic imaging Medical services Multiagent systems Resource management

Published: 2008-07-22
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2538