Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:Our goal is to propose and solve a new formulation of the recently-formalized patient admission scheduling problem, extending it by including several real-world features, such as the presence of emergency patients, uncertainty in the length of stay, and the possibility of delayed admissions. METHOD:We devised a metaheuristic approach that solves both the static (predictive) and the dynamic (daily) versions of this new problem, which is based on simulated annealing and a complex neighborhood structure. RESULTS:The quality of our metaheuristic approach is compared with an exact method based on integer linear programming. The main outcome is that our method is able to solve large cases (up to 4000 patients) in a reasonable time, whereas the exact method can solve only small/medium-size instances (up to 250 patients). For such datasets, the two methods obtain results at the same level of quality. In addition, the gap between our (dynamic) solver and the static one, which has all information available in advance, is only 4-5%. Finally, we propose (and publish on the web) a large set of new instances, and we discuss the impact of their features in the solution process. CONCLUSION:The metaheuristic approach proved to be a valid search method to solve dynamic problems in the healthcare domain.
journal_name
Artif Intell Medjournal_title
Artificial intelligence in medicineauthors
Ceschia S,Schaerf Adoi
10.1016/j.artmed.2012.09.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-11-01 00:00:00pages
199-205issue
3eissn
0933-3657issn
1873-2860pii
S0933-3657(12)00116-9journal_volume
56pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:The Arden Syntax is a knowledge-encoding standard, started in 1989, and now in its 10th revision, maintained by the health level seven (HL7) organization. It has constructs borrowed from several language concepts that were available at that time (mainly the HELP hospital information system and the Regenstrie...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2015.11.003
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We propose a new graphical framework for extracting the relevant dietary, social and environmental risk factors that are associated with an increased risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) on a case-control epidemiologic study that consists of 1289 subjects and 150 risk factors. METHODS:This framework build...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2011.09.002
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are no longer only used by healthy participants under controlled conditions in laboratory environments, but also by patients and end-users, controlling applications in their homes or clinics, without the BCI experts around. But are the technology and the field mature enough f...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2013.08.004
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aim of this paper is to study the feasibility and the performance of some classifier systems belonging to family of instance-based (IB) learning as second-opinion diagnostic tools and as tools for the knowledge extraction phase in the process of knowledge discovery in clinical databases. MATERIALS AND ME...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2011.04.002
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Incorporating prior knowledge into black-box classifiers is still much of an open problem. We propose a hybrid Bayesian methodology that consists in encoding prior knowledge in the form of a (Bayesian) belief network and then using this knowledge to estimate an informative prior for a black-box model (e.g. a multilaye...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0933-3657(03)00053-8
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::To explore the design of computer-supported collaborative work in health care, a case study is described addressing the social contexts and conditions influencing the development process. The data set covers 13 consecutive meetings held in a systems design group over a 2-year period, in total approximately 24 h of vid...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0933-3657(97)00046-8
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper presents a computer-based model for differential diagnosis of specific language impairment (SLI), a language disorder that, in many cases, cannot be easily diagnosed. This difficulty necessitates the development of a methodology to assist the speech therapist in the diagnostic process. The methodology tool ...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0933-3657(02)00076-3
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We present in this article experiments on multi-language information extraction and access in the medical domain. For such applications, multilingual terminology plays a crucial role when working on specialized languages and specific domains. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We propose firstly a method for enriching mu...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2004.07.015
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Case-based approaches predict the behaviour of dynamic systems by analysing a given experimental setting in the context of others. To select similar cases and to control adaptation of cases, they employ general knowledge. If that is neither available nor inductively derivable, the knowledge implicit in cases can be ut...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0933-3657(98)00057-8
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Recently, fuzzy soft sets-based decision making has attracted more and more interest. Although plenty of works have been done, they cannot provide the uncertainty or certainty of their results. To manage uncertainty is one of the most important and toughest tasks of decision making especially in medicine. In ...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2016.04.004
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The complex cognitive processes that underlie human performance in 'messy' contexts such as critical care medicine suggest a need for a cognitive model with broad scope to support the understanding of error in such domains. The objective of this research is to characterize the cognition that underlies patient...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2006.03.009
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A nursing database which records patient details and treatments as fields in a standard database format is transformed into a collection, in text form, of patient case days with history. Each case is represented as text strings encoding the patient details, the current problems, treatments and their associated history...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0933-3657(96)00362-4
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Manual delineation of vestibular schwannoma (VS) by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is required for diagnosis, radiosurgery dose planning, and follow-up tumor volume measurement. A rapid and objective automatic segmentation method is required, but problems have been encountered due to the low through-plane resolution ...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2020.101911
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melanoma is the most dangerous skin cancer and early diagnosis is the key factor in its successful treatment. Well-trained dermatologists reach a diagnosis via visual inspection, and reach sensitivity and specificity levels of about 80%. Several computerised diagnostic systems were reported in the literature using dif...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0933-3657(02)00087-8
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Progressive loss of the field of vision is characteristic of a number of eye diseases such as glaucoma which is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world. Recently, there has been an explosion in the amount of data being stored on patients who suffer from visual deterioration including field test...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2004.07.004
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The optical device LIPOMETER allows for non-invasive, quick, precise and safe determination of subcutaneous fat distribution, so-called subcutaneous adipose tissue topography (SAT-Top). In this paper, we show how the high-dimensional SAT-Top information of women with type-2 diabetes mellitus (non-insulin-dependent dia...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0933-3657(99)00017-2
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Computer-aided detection (CADe) systems play a crucial role in pulmonary nodule detection via chest radiographs (CXRs). A two-stage CADe scheme usually includes nodule candidate detection and false positive reduction. A pure deep learning model, such as faster region convolutional neural network (faster R-CNN), has be...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2020.101881
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Electronic medical records (EMRs) contain a wealth of knowledge that can be used to assist doctors in making clinical decisions like disease diagnosis. Constructing a medical knowledge network (MKN) to link medical concepts in EMRs is an effective way to manage this knowledge. The quality of the diagnostic result made...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2020.101927
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:In the modern healthcare system, rapidly expanding costs/complexity, the growing myriad of treatment options, and exploding information streams that often do not effectively reach the front lines hinder the ability to choose optimal treatment decisions over time. The goal in this paper is to develop a general...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2012.12.003
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The successful preparation of cells for therapy depends on the characterization of causal factors affecting cell quality. Ultra scale-down methods are used to characterize cells in terms of their response to process engineering causal factors of hydrodynamic shear stress and time. This response is in turn cha...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2014.07.003
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Disagreement or inconsistencies in mammographic interpretation motivates utilizing computerized pattern recognition algorithms to aid the assessment of radiographic features. We have studied the potential for using artificial neural networks (ANNs) to analyze interpreted radiographic features from film screen mammogra...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0933-3657(98)00040-2
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Problems involved in the specification of large expert systems are discussed. In the specification of causal probabilistic networks conditional probability tables for all nodes have to be provided. These conditional probability tables can often be described by models that specify the nature of interaction between node...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0933-3657(93)90029-3
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To use the detection of clinically relevant inconsistencies to support the reasoning capabilities of intelligent agents acting as physicians and tutors in the realm of clinical medicine. METHODS:We are developing a cognitive architecture, OntoAgent, that supports the creation and deployment of intelligent ag...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2012.04.005
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Recently, much research has been proposed using nature inspired algorithms to perform complex machine learning tasks. Ant colony optimization (ACO) is one such algorithm based on swarm intelligence and is derived from a model inspired by the collective foraging behavior of ants. Taking advantage of the ACO in...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2009.03.004
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This paper presents a novel rule-based fuzzy classification methodology for survival/mortality prediction in severe burnt patients. Due to the ethical aspects involved in this medical scenario, physicians tend not to accept a computer-based evaluation unless they understand why and how such a recommendation i...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2013.12.006
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Successful secondary structure predictions provide a starting point for direct tertiary structure modelling, and also can significantly improve sequence analysis and sequence-structure threading for aiding in structure and function determination. Hence the improvement of predictive accuracy of the secondary structure ...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2004.01.009
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a scientific discipline, which develops the related theories from the long-term clinical practices. The large-scale clinical data are the core empirical knowledge source for TCM research. This paper introduces a clinical data warehouse (CDW) system, which incorporates the...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2009.07.012
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Access to the world wide web and multimedia content is an important aspect of life. We present a web browser and a multimedia user interface adapted for control with a brain-computer interface (BCI) which can be used by severely motor impaired persons. METHODS:The web browser dynamically determines the most...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2014.12.001
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Ontologies are widely used in the biomedical domain. While many tools exist for the edition, alignment or evaluation of ontologies, few solutions have been proposed for ontology programming interface, i.e. for accessing and modifying an ontology within a programming language. Existing query languages (such as...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2017.07.002
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This paper presents continued research toward the development of a knowledge-based system for the diagnosis of human toxic exposures. In particular, this research focuses on the challenging task of diagnosing exposures to multiple toxins. Although only 10% of toxic exposures in the United States involve multi...
journal_title:Artificial intelligence in medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.artmed.2013.02.002
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00