Agent-based modeling for the self-management of chronic diseases: An exploratory study. (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Montagna, Sara; Omicini, Andrea
• Other Names: Yıldırım Tülay guest-editor.; Fortino Giancarlo guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Simulation. Volume 93:Number 9(2017)
• Page Start: 781
• Page End: 793
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: Agent-based modeling -- healthcare -- self-management; Computer simulation -- Periodicals; 003.3
• DOI: 10.1177/0037549717712605
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0037-5497

Abstract

The impact of mobile technologies on healthcare is particularly evident in the case of self-management of chronic diseases, where they can decrease spending and improve life quality of patients. We propose the adoption of agent-based modeling and simulation techniques as built-in tools to dynamically monitor the state of patient health and provide recommendations for self-management. To demonstrate the feasibility of our proposal we focus on Type 1 diabetes mellitus as our case study, and provide simulation results where the dynamic evolution of signal parameters is shown in the case of healthy and Type 1 diabetes mellitus patients, focussing in particular on the beneficial effects that self-management interventions have on plasma glucose values.