Integrating case-based planning and RPTW neural networks to construct an intelligent environment for health care

This paper presents an intelligent environment developed for monitoring patients' health care in execution time in hospital environments. The CBPMP (case-based planner for monitoring patients) is an autonomous deliberative case-based planner designed to plan the nurses' working time dynamically, to maintain the standard working reports about the nurses' activities, and to guarantee that the patients assigned to the nurses are given the right care. The planner operates in wireless devices and is integrated with complementary software into an intelligent environment, named Aml-P (Ambient Intelligence for patients). CBPMP description, its relationship with the complementary technology, and preliminary results of system prototype in a real environment are presented. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.