BDI personal medical assistant agents: The case of trauma tracking and alerting

Angelo Croatti1, Sara Montagna1, Alessandro Ricci1

  • 1Computer Science and Engineering Department (DISI), University of Bologna, Campus of Cesena, Via dell'Università 50, Cesena, Italy.

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