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What is Multi-Agent System

Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services
A Multi-Agent System (MAS) is a loosely coupled network of software agents that interact to solve problems that are beyond the individual capacities or knowledge of each software agent.
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Using Multi-Agent Systems to Support e-Health Services
Federico Bergenti (Università di Parma, Italy), Agostino Poggi (Università di Parma, Italy), and Michele Tomaiuolo (Università di Parma, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch029
Abstract
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 the potential to meet critical needs in high-speed, mission-critical, content-rich, and distributed information applications where mutual interdependencies, dynamic environments, uncertainty, and sophisticated control play a role. Multi-agent systems can be considered a suitable technology for the realization of applications for providing e-health services 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.
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A suite of intelligent agents, seeking to solve some problem beyond their individual capabilities, come together to form a multi-agent system (MAS). These agents collaborate to fulfill individual and shared objectives.
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