Multi-agent based cooperative problem solving towards medical diagnostics | |
| Author | Timalsina, Arun Kumar |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. CS-99-3 |
| Subject(s) | Telecommunication in medicine Diagnosis Cystic fibrosis--Diagnosis |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The concept of software agent is becoming popular though it is yet to a get universally acceptable definition. Agent being an entity designed to cooperate with others, for a particular problem solving situation, the expert knowledge can be viewed as a collection of agents, where each of them has to cooperate with others to solve a global problem. Given that the diagnosis is a complex problem solving situation, it is appropriate to invoke an approach of cooperative problem solving paradigm involving a society of agents. In this study, a settheoretical formulation for the analysis of diagnosis is proposed. Framework makes the distinction between evidence function and notions of diagnosis. Evidence function characterizes the net impact of the knowledge bases for purpose of diagnosis and notions of diagnosis define how evidence functions are to be used to map findings observed for a problem case to diagnostic solutions. Besides this, concise insight of a model to deal with cooperation and coordination within a Multi Agent System (MAS) has also been analyzed. Lastly, a case of Cystic Fibrosis has been presented to show that how this whole system is applied in medical diagnostics. The result is positive with indication of probable extension to universal problem solving model. |
| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Computer Science (CS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Sadananda, R. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Devadason, F. J.;Yulu, Qi |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | NORAD |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1999 |