Agent Cities [4] is an ambitious project whose main aim is the construction of a worldwide, publicly accessible network of agent-based FIPA platforms!. In March 2003 there are around 50 active platforms. Each of them supports agents that offer services similar to those that can be found in a real city (facilities, amenities, attractions, information and commercial services). It is expected that, in the near future, it will be possible to implement intelligent complex compound services (e.g. agen...
Approaches and Applications of Deep Learning in Virtual Medical Care
The recent advancements in the machine learning paradigm have various applications, however, it has shown significant results in the field of medical data analysis. The results are highly accurate and are comparable to human experts. The various research has proved the high accuracy of deep learning algorithms and has become a standard choice for analysing medical data, especially medical images, video, and electronic health records. Deep learning methods applied to electronic health records are...
Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry
Developing new approaches and reliable enabling technologies in the healthcare industry is needed to enhance our overall quality of life and lead to a healthier, innovative, and secure society. Further study is required to ensure these current technologies, such as big data analytics and artificial intelligence, are utilized to their utmost potential and are appropriately applied to advance society. Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry discusses technologies...
Dynamic Modeling (Modeling Dynamic Systems)
by Bruce Hannon and Matthias Ruth
Dynamic modeling refers to the use of computer programs to simulate the behavior of complex, changing systems. Such systems range from weather forecasting to the environmental impact of a pesticide to the economics of fish harvests. Hannon and Ruth have combined the computing power of the modern personal computer and the ease of use of the simulation software STELLA, and written an introduction to modeling that will be welcomed by students in disciplines ranging from biology to chemistry to engi...
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the Third International Workshop on Clinical Image-Based Procedures, CLIP 2014, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2014 in Boston, MA, USA, in September 2014. The 19 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. New strategies are essential to ensure a smooth and effective translation of computational image-based techniques into the clinic. For these reasons CLIP 2014’s major focus is on translational res...
Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, #229)
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2015, held in Tartu, Estonia, in August 2015. Overall, 49 submissions from 16 countries were rigorously reviewed by 47 members of the Program Committee representing 23 countries. The selected 16 full papers and 4 short papers are included in this volume. The conference theme was "making business information systems interoperable and adaptive in highly interconnected an...
Digital Transformation in Healthcare 5.0 (Smart Computing Applications)
The book "Digital Transformation in Healthcare 5.0: Metaverse, Nanorobots, and Machine Learning" is a comprehensive discussion of disruptive technologies and their applications in healthcare. The book starts with an overview of blockchain technology's impact on the healthcare sector, emphasizing its potential to improve data security and interoperability. The book also discusses the Metaverse's role in healthcare transformation, utilizing a blockchain method to improve patient care and medical p...
The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector is certain to boost levels of automation and productivity but, paradoxically, it will also increase the availability of “first line competence.” At the same time as demographic trends are affecting demand for health and social care, the technological developments we are seeing make it highly likely that AI will play a decisive role in tackling the challenges our healthcare systems will encounter. This book reveals systemic...
Computational Life Sciences (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, #3695) (Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, #3695)
The integration of knowledge in the life sciences is continuing apace with ev- increasingimportancebeing placedoncomputer-basedmethodsofdata capture, analysis, and knowledge representation. Today, our many di?erent sciences are providing us with a sea of information: it is the handling of this in?ux that is becoming a key discovery and regulatory question. The solutions to these problems will result in advancements to all of the involved sciences and will be highly in?uential both in the selecti...
Comparative Genomics (Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, #10562) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, #10562)
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th International Workshop Comparative Genomics, RECOMB-CG 2017, held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2017. The 16 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers report original research in all areas of Comparative Genomics.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that models the human ability of reasoning, usage of human language and organization of knowledge, solving problems and practically all other human intellectual abilities. Usually it is charact- ized by the application of heuristic methods because in the majority of cases there is no exact solution to this kind of problem. The Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI), a yearly international conference series...
With the same clarity that made the previous editions bestsellers, Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.A.: An Introduction, Third Edition provides readers with the understanding required to navigate the healthcare provider field. In the intervening 8 years since the 2nd Edition was published, there have been significant developments in the healthcare delivery systems, including COVID-19, global health issues, and the evolution of the Affordable Care Act and other financing mechanisms. Brilliantly sim...
Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies explores the current state of health and healthcare education, as well as that of nursing informatics education. These topics include technologies-enabled education for all nurses and interprofessional collaborations from a worldwide perspective. The "New" learning for applied critical thinking will include technology, content, skills versus tools, and the use of "smart" systems for care delivery, the role of critical thinking, and uniqueness of nu...
Patients with unmet needs will continue to increase as no viable nor adequate treatment exists. Meanwhile, healthcare systems are struggling to cope with the rise of patients with chronic diseases, the ageing population and the increasing cost of drugs. What if there is a faster and less expensive way to provide better care for patients using the right digital solutions and transforming the growing volumes of health data into insights? The increase of digital health has grown exponentially in...
This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Healthcare and Computational Neural Modelling (ICIHCNN—2022), held on November 30, 2022, at Dehradun, India. It covers the latest research trends and developments in areas of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Cognitive Neuroscience and Machine Learning Applications, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Cybernetics.
The three-volume set CCIS 761, CCIS 762, and CCIS 763 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2017, and of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, ICSEE 2017, held in Nanjing, China, in September 2017. The 208 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from over 625 submissions.The papers of this volume are organized in topical section...
Daryoush Daniel Vaziri illustrates that the use of mixed methods designs may support the induction of more subtle and complete theories about older adults’ use of technologies for the support of active and healthy aging. The results show that older adults’ social contexts and environments considerably affect their perspectives, practices and attitudes with respect to health, quality of life, well-being and technology use for active and healthy aging support. Results were collected with older adu...
This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the First International Workshop on Data Driven Treatment Response Assessment, DATRA 2018 and the Third International Workshop on Preterm, Perinatal and Paediatric Image Analysis, PIPPI 2018, held in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2018, in Granada, Spain, in September 2018. The 5 full papers presented at DATRA 2018 and the 12 full papers presented at PIPPI 201...
This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Reconstruction and Analysis of Moving Body Organs, RAMBO 2018, the Fourth International Workshop on Breast Image Analysis, BIA 2018, and the First International Workshop on Thoracic Image Analysis, TIA 2018, held in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2018, in Granada, Spain, in September 2018. The 5 full papers (out of 10 subm...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third MICCAI Workshop on Domain Adaptation and Representation Transfer, DART 2021, and the First MICCAI Workshop on Affordable Healthcare and AI for Resource Diverse Global Health, FAIR 2021, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2021, in September/October 2021. The workshops were planned to take place in Strasbourg, France, but were held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.DART 2021 accepted 13 papers from the 21 submissions received. The works...
This open access book presents a set of practical tools and collaborative solutions in multi-disciplinary settings to foster the Alpine Space health tourism industry’s innovation and competitiveness. The proposed solutions emerge as the result of the synergy among health, environment, tourism, digital, policy and strategy professionals. The approach underlines the pivotal role of a sustainable and ecomedical use of Alpine natural resources for health tourism destinations, and highlights the need...
Healthcare Technology Innovation Adoption (Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management)
by Tugrul U. Daim, Nima Behkami, Nuri Basoglu, Orhun M. Koek, and Liliya Hogaboam
This book aims to study the factors effecting the adoption and diffusion of Health Information Technology (HIT) innovation. It analyses the adoption processes of various tools and applications, particularly Electronic Health Records (EHR), highlighting the impact on various sectors of the healthcare system, such as physicians, administration and patient care, while also identifying the various pitfalls and gaps in the literature. With the various challenges currently facing the United States he...