Authors:
Luís Lima
1
;
Ricardo Costa
1
;
Paulo Novais
2
;
Cesar Analide
2
;
José Neves
2
and
José Bulas Cruz
3
Affiliations:
1
College of Management and Technology, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
;
2
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
;
3
University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Incomplete information, Knowledge representation, Group decision support system, Idea generation and argumentation.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Ambient Intelligence
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
;
Logic Programming
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
In this work it is addressed the problem of knowledge evaluation in a VirtualECare Group Decision Supporting System (GDSS), in terms of an Multi-valued Extended Logic Programming language, which is aimed at sustaining online healthcare services. Indeed, reasoning with incomplete and uncertain knowledge have to be dealt with, due to the particular nature of the healthcare services, where the awful consequences of bad decisions, or lack of timely ones, demand for a responsible answer.