UCTx: A Multi-Agent System to Assist a Transplant Coordination Unit

Authors:
U. Cortés;J. Vázquez-Salceda;A. López-Navidad;F. Caballero
Affiliations:
Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, E08034 Barcelona, Spain. ia@lsi.upc.es;Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, E08034 Barcelona, Spain. jvazquez@lsi.upc.es;Banc de Teixits, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, c/ St. Antoni M. Claret, 167, E08025 Barcelona, Spain. alopeznavidad@hsp.santpau.es;Banc de Teixits, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, c/ St. Antoni M. Claret, 167, E08025 Barcelona, Spain. fcaballero@hsp.santpau.es
Venue:
Applied Intelligence
Year:
2004

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Abstract

We present a system called UCTx designed to model and automate some of the tasks performed by a Transplant Coordination Unit (UCTx) inside a Hospital. The aim of this work is to show how a multi-agent approach allows us to describe and implement the model, and how UCTx is capable of dealing with another multi-agent system (Carrel, an Agent Mediated Institution for the Exchange of Human Tissues among Hospitals for Transplantation) in order to meet its own goals, acting as the representative of the hospital in the negotiation. As an example we introduce the use of this Agency in the case of Cornea Transplantation.