An efficient multi-agent patient scheduling using market based coordination mechanism

An increase in specialization and technology, especially in the health care department has invariably resulted in a need for efficient management of the resources and more timely treatment for the patients. Agents are deployed to solve the patient scheduling problem in the hospitals because they work well in a distributed, decentralized and dynamic environment. Each patient and resource in the hospital is represented by an agent. A combinatorial auction is a specialized form of market based coordination mechanism used to coordinate the allocation of timeslots of the resource.