Developing Modern Agent Technologies in Combating Covid-19 Exposure:  An Application in a Healthcare Facility

Mohammad Shbool; Ammar Al-Bazi; Laith Zureigat; Azmi Mahafzah

doi:10.1109/3ict56508.2022.9990827

Developing Modern Agent Technologies in Combating Covid-19 Exposure: An Application in a Healthcare Facility

Mohammad Shbool, Ammar Al-Bazi, Laith Zureigat, Azmi Mahafzah

College of Engineering, Environment & Science

University of Jordan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This study aims to identify the impact of adherence to Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI) such as facemask type Cotton Fabric Mask and social distancing on the rate of COVID-19 exposure in waiting areas inside an emergency department. As a methodology, a Multi-Agent Simulation approach was used to model and capture the flow of patients inside the emergency department in this research. Each agent represents a physical entity, including its attributes defined. These agents will collaborate based on the defined rules to achieve the best mimic of the system being modeled. This methodology aims to quantitatively evaluate the performance of preventive measures based on the agent's proximity and exposure time. The number of infections was affected by the application of the facemask. Infections were reduced when facemask adherence and social distancing were applied. The study showed that the application of social distancing has a similar effect to a 20% adherence of agents wearing a facemask. The model also reveals that more agents adhere to the facemask, and the time required to get an agent to the state exposed increases. Waiting areas are a potentially significant contributor to transmission.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	700-706
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-5193-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-5194-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/3ict56508.2022.9990827
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	2022 International Conference On Innovation And Intelligence For Informatics, Computing And Technologies - Virtual, Bahrain Duration: 20 Nov 2022 → 21 Nov 2022

Publication series

Name	2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies, 3ICT 2022
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2770-7458
ISSN (Electronic)	2770-7466

Conference

Conference	2022 International Conference On Innovation And Intelligence For Informatics, Computing And Technologies
Abbreviated title	3ICT 2022
Country/Territory	Bahrain
Period	20/11/22 → 21/11/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Deanship of Scientific Research at The University of Jordan for Funding this work (Grant# 2473 and Document# 2022-2021/110)

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.

Keywords

Agent-Based Simulation
COVID-19
Exposure Prediction
Healthcare Facility
Waiting Areas

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management
Control and Optimization

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Shbool, M., Al-Bazi, A., Zureigat, L., & Mahafzah, A. (2022). Developing Modern Agent Technologies in Combating Covid-19 Exposure: An Application in a Healthcare Facility. In 2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (pp. 700-706). (2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies, 3ICT 2022). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/3ict56508.2022.9990827

Developing Modern Agent Technologies in Combating Covid-19 Exposure: An Application in a Healthcare Facility. / Shbool, Mohammad; Al-Bazi, Ammar; Zureigat, Laith et al.
2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies . IEEE, 2022. p. 700-706 (2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies, 3ICT 2022).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Shbool, M, Al-Bazi, A, Zureigat, L & Mahafzah, A 2022, Developing Modern Agent Technologies in Combating Covid-19 Exposure: An Application in a Healthcare Facility. in 2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies . 2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies, 3ICT 2022, IEEE, pp. 700-706, 2022 International Conference On Innovation And Intelligence For Informatics, Computing And Technologies, Bahrain, 20/11/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/3ict56508.2022.9990827

Shbool M, Al-Bazi A, Zureigat L, Mahafzah A. Developing Modern Agent Technologies in Combating Covid-19 Exposure: An Application in a Healthcare Facility. In 2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies . IEEE. 2022. p. 700-706. (2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies, 3ICT 2022). Epub 2022 Dec 30. doi: 10.1109/3ict56508.2022.9990827

Shbool, Mohammad ; Al-Bazi, Ammar ; Zureigat, Laith et al. / Developing Modern Agent Technologies in Combating Covid-19 Exposure : An Application in a Healthcare Facility. 2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies . IEEE, 2022. pp. 700-706 (2022 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies, 3ICT 2022).

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