A SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR DATA INTEGRATION AND DECISION SUPPORT FOR EVALUATION OF AIR POLLUTION HEALTH IMPACT

Daniele Toscani, Federica Bargna, Luigi Quarenghi, Francesco Archetti, Ilaria Giordani

2010

Abstract

In this paper we present a software system for decision support (DSS – Decision Support System) aimed at forecasting high demand of admission on health care structures due to environmental pollution. The algorithmic kernel of the system is based on machine learning, the software architecture is such that both persistent and sensor data are integrated through a data integration infrastructure. Given the actual concentration of different pollutants, measured by a network of sensors, the DSS allows forecasting the demand of hospital admissions for acute diseases in the next 1 to 6 days. We tested our system on cardio-vascular and respiratory diseases in the area of Milan.

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Toscani D., Bargna F., Quarenghi L., Archetti F. and Giordani I. (2010). A SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR DATA INTEGRATION AND DECISION SUPPORT FOR EVALUATION OF AIR POLLUTION HEALTH IMPACT . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-05-8, pages 284-290. DOI: 10.5220/0002906302840290


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@conference{iceis10,
author={Daniele Toscani and Federica Bargna and Luigi Quarenghi and Francesco Archetti and Ilaria Giordani},
title={A SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR DATA INTEGRATION AND DECISION SUPPORT FOR EVALUATION OF AIR POLLUTION HEALTH IMPACT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2010},
pages={284-290},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002906302840290},
isbn={978-989-8425-05-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - A SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR DATA INTEGRATION AND DECISION SUPPORT FOR EVALUATION OF AIR POLLUTION HEALTH IMPACT
SN - 978-989-8425-05-8
AU - Toscani D.
AU - Bargna F.
AU - Quarenghi L.
AU - Archetti F.
AU - Giordani I.
PY - 2010
SP - 284
EP - 290
DO - 10.5220/0002906302840290