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What is Coordination

Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services
Coordination is a process in which a group of agents engages in order to ensure that each of them acts in a coherent manner.
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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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Set of actions that guarantee the consistency of shared objects in a collaborative environment.
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A managerial function refers to the act of organizing, makes different activities interlink and work together for a goal or effect to fulfill desired goals.
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Act of working together where each part does not necessarily recognize the benefit of working together but knows (or is told) what, when, and how to do what needs to be done and accepts the alienation of some of its autonomy to accomplish it.
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The alignment and integration of design information from different project participants.
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Strategic Pathway Determination for a State Hospital in Terms of an Integrated Facility Management System
To accomplish the predetermined goals of the organization or any unit of the organization with the resources at hand, coordination refers to the formation of the relationship, order, and harmony between diverse works.
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