On the Integration of Agents and Digital Twins in Healthcare.

A digital twin is a digital representation of a physical asset reproducing its data model, its behaviour and its communication with other physical assets. Digital twins act as a digital replica for the physical object or process they represent, providing nearly real-time monitoring and evaluation wi...

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Published in:Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 44; no. 9
Main Authors: Croatti, Angelo, Gabellini, Matteo, Montagna, Sara, Ricci, Alessandro
Format: pictorial review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Sep2020
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          Croatti, Angelo
          Gabellini, Matteo
          Montagna, Sara
          Ricci, Alessandro
        affil: Computer Science and Engineering Department (DISI), University of Bologna, via dell'Università, 50, Cesena, Italy
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          Health Informatics
          Data Management
          Trauma
          Decision Making, Computer Assisted
          Systems Implementation
      ab: A digital twin is a digital representation of a physical asset reproducing its data model, its behaviour and its communication with other physical assets. Digital twins act as a digital replica for the physical object or process they represent, providing nearly real-time monitoring and evaluation without being in close proximity. Although most of their concrete applications can be found mainly in the industrial context, healthcare represents another relevant area where digital twins can have a disruptive impact. The main research question tackled by this paper is about the integration of digital twins with agents and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) technologies in healthcare. After providing an overview of the application of digital twins in healthcare, in this paper, we discuss our vision about agent-based digital twins, and we present a first case study, about the application of agent-based digital twins to the management of severe traumas.
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