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SINCO: Intelligent System in Disease Prevention and Control. An Architectural Approach

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SINCO is a research effort to develop a software environment that contributes to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. This paper describes the system architecture already implemented where four important elements interact: (a) expert system (b) geographical information system (c) simulation component, and (d) training component. This architecture is itself a scalable, interoperable and modular approach. The system is being currently used in several health establishments as part of its validation process.

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González, C., Burguillo, J.C., Vidal, J.C., Llamas, M. (2004). SINCO: Intelligent System in Disease Prevention and Control. An Architectural Approach. In: Barreiro, J.M., Martín-Sánchez, F., Maojo, V., Sanz, F. (eds) Biological and Medical Data Analysis. ISBMDA 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3337. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30547-7_14

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