A model for reasoning about interaction with users in dynamic, time critical environments for the application of hospital decision making

Abstract

In this paper, we present a model for reasoning about interaction with users in dynamic, time critical environments in a way that is sensitive to the cost of bother. We project the model into the scenario of decision making in hospital emergency room settings, providing a framework for modeling the doctors in that environment, to determine whom to ask to attend to a current patient. A simulation of our model demonstrates that it offers valuable improvements due to its reasoning about bother. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.