UCTx: a multi-agent system to assist a transplant coordination unit
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Abstract
We present a system called UCTx, designed to model and automate some of
the tasks performed by a Transplant Coordination Unit (UCTx) inside a
Hospital. The aim of this work is to show how a multi-agent approach
allows us to describe and implement the model, and how UCTx is capable
of dealing with another multi-agent (Carrel, an Agent Mediated
Institution for the exchange of Human Tissues among Hospitals for
Transplantation) in order to meet its own goals, acting as the
representative of the hospital in the negotiation. As an example we
introduce the use of this Agency in the case of Cornea Transplantation