VirtualECare : group decision supported by idea generation and argumentation

• Author(s): Costa, Ricardo André Fernandes ; Novais, Paulo ; Neves, João ; Marreiros, Goreti ; Ramos, Carlos ; Neves, José
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/19072
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Ambient intelligence; e-Health; Group decision support system; Idea generation; Argumentation
• Document Type: Part of book or chapter of book
• Language: English

Description

It is understood that Collaborative Work plays an important role in today’s organizations life cycle. On the other hand, any decision that may involve a set of decision makers is, by itself, quite complex. It is under this umbrella that it will be presented the VirtualECare project, that contemplates an intelligent multi-agent system able to monitor, interact and serve its customers in need of (health)care services. We will center our attention on the system group decision and argumentation modules, which use idea generation techniques and resort to argumentation to exchange and justify belief and choice. At the end, a prototype will be presented.