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ArticleBioMed research international2016

A Multiagent System for Dynamic Data Aggregation in Medical Research.

Alevtina Dubovitskaya, Visara Urovi, Imanol Barba, Karl Aberer, Michael Ignaz Schumacher

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Article in BioMed research international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alevtina DubovitskayaApplied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, HES-SO VS, Sierre, Switzerland; Distributed Information Systems Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9669-1250
Visara UroviAccounting and Information Management, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Imanol BarbaInformation Security Group, UPC, Barcelona, Spain.
Karl AbererDistributed Information Systems Laboratory, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Michael Ignaz SchumacherApplied Intelligent Systems Laboratory, HES-SO VS, Sierre, Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The collection of medical data for research purposes is a challenging and long-lasting process. In an effort to accelerate and facilitate this process we propose a new framework for dynamic aggregation of medical data from distributed sources. We use agent-based coordination between medical and research institutions. Our system employs principles of peer-to-peer network organization and coordination models to search over already constructed distributed databases and to identify the potential contributors when a new database has to be built. Our framework takes into account both the requirements of a research study and current data availability. This leads to better definition of database characteristics such as schema, content, and privacy parameters. We show that this approach enables a more efficient way to collect data for medical research.

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ConfidentialityDatabases, FactualMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedHumans

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PMID27975063
PMCPMC5128729

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