An Ontology-driven Multi-agent approach for Healthcare

Abstract

Healthcare systems usually require a high level of collaboration amongst health entities. Maintaining consistency within this collaborative framework is a hurdle faced by healthcare professionals. This paper outlines a new approach to dealing with this issue through the development of an ontology-driven multi-agent system. It examines the case study of diabetes management. Recent years have seen a remarkably growing interest in the “agent ” technology and its application. Gartner forecasts recently that enterprise automation, which includes software agents and AI, will account for almost 50 % of total IT spending in 10 years [5].Meanwhile, ontology has become increasingly popular in the computing community. Ontology can play an essential role in the design