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Multi-Agent System (GerMAS) Used to Identify Medicines in Geriatric Residences

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Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 89))

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This article proposes a multi-agent system (MAS) that personalizes medical information in geriatric residences. The personal medical can personalize each medication with the instructions for each patient by using a contactless card reader or a mobile with NFC technology. The use of RFID and NFC technology allows the identification of the patient and the application of preventative medical protocols to the patient. The proposed multi-agent system has reasoning capabilities in order to analyze the situation and achieve a high level of interaction with the patients and the personal medical. A distributed prototype system has been developed to test this multi-agent system. This system is aimed to improve health care and assistance to dependent persons in geriatric residences. Preliminary results are presented in this paper.

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  1. Pontifical University of Salamanca, c/ Compañía 5, 37002, Salamanca, Spain

    Jose M. Pérez, F. Fernández, Juan A. Fraile, M. Mateos & Miguel A. Sánchez

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  1. Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca Escuela Universitaria de Informática, Compañía 5, 37002, Salamanca, Spain

    Javier Bajo Pérez

  2. Departamento de Informática y Automática Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

    Juan M. Corchado  & María N. Moreno  & 

  3. Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia , Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    Vicente Julián

  4. Fondamentale de Lille) UMR CNRS 8022, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, LIFL (Laboratoire d’Informatique, Bâtiment M3 (extension), 59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France

    Philippe Mathieu

  5. Departamento de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación E.P.S. de Linares, Universidad de Jaén, Área de Ingeniería Telemática, C/ Alfonso X el Sabio, 28, 23700, Linares (Jaén), Spain

    Joaquin Canada-Bago

  6. Departamento de Ingeniería Informática, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 11, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Alfonso Ortega

  7. Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales de Albacete, Campus Universitario s/n, 02071, Spain

    Antonio Fernández Caballero

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Pérez, J.M., Fernández, F., Fraile, J.A., Mateos, M., Sánchez, M.A. (2011). Multi-Agent System (GerMAS) Used to Identify Medicines in Geriatric Residences. In: Pérez, J.B., et al. Highlights in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 89. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19917-2_36

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