Communications of the ACM
Distributed problem solving and planning
Multiagent systems
On agent-based software engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Deploying FIPA-Compliant Systems on Handheld Devices
IEEE Internet Computing
MAS Infrastructure: Definitions, Needs and Prospects
Revised Papers from the International Workshop on Infrastructure for Multi-Agent Systems: Infrastructure for Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Scalable Multi-Agent Systems
Clinical Decision Support with IM-Agents and ERMA Multi-agents
CBMS '04 Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
A survey of multi-agent organizational paradigms
The Knowledge Engineering Review
Conceptual Graphs Based Information Retrieval in HealthAgents
CBMS '07 Proceedings of the Twentieth IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
JADE: A software framework for developing multi-agent applications. Lessons learned
Information and Software Technology
CASCOM: Intelligent Service Coordination in the Semantic Web
CASCOM: Intelligent Service Coordination in the Semantic Web
Multi-Agent Programming: Languages, Tools and Applications
Multi-Agent Programming: Languages, Tools and Applications
Soft computing agents for e-Health in application to the research and control of unknown diseases
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Management of and access to virtual electronic health records
DELOS'07 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Digital libraries: research and development
International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications
International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications
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Multi-agent systems have been importantly contributing to the development of the theory and the practice of complex distributed systems and, in particular, they have shown their potential to meet critical needs in high-speed, mission-critical, content-rich, distributed information applications where mutual interdependencies, dynamic environments, uncertainty, and sophisticated control play a remarkable role. Therefore, multi-agent systems are considered a suitable technology for the realization of e-health applications where the use of loosely coupled and heterogeneous components, the dynamic and distributed management of data, and the remote collaboration among users are often the most relevant requirements. This paper describes some of the main reasons why multi-agent systems are today considered one of the best technologies for the realization and deployment of advances for e-health applications and, in particular, of smart emergency applications. After an introduction on the inherent characteristics of the use of multi-agent systems for e-health, the paper presents the results of EU-scale project CASCOM: a real multi-agent system for the execution of smart emergency tasks.