?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Automated+Petri-Net+Based+Approach+for+Change+Management+in+Distributed+Telemedicine+Environment&rft.creator=Mtibaa%2C+S&rft.creator=Tagina%2C+M&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Peer+Review&rft.description=The+worldwide+healthcare+industry+is+facing+a+number+of+daunting+challenges+which+are+forcing+healthcare+systems+worldwide+to+adapt+and+transform%2C+and+will+ultimately+completely+redefine+the+way+they+do+business+and+deliver+care+for+patients.+In+this+paper%2C+we+present+a+distributed+telemedicine+environement+reaping+from+both+the+benefits+of+Service+Oriented+Approach+(SOA)+and+the+strong+telecoms+capabilities.+We+propose+an+automated+approach+to+handle+changes+in+a+distributed+telemedicine+environement.+A+combined+Petri+nets+model+to+handle+changes+and+Reconfigurable+Petri+nets+model+to+react+to+these+changes+are+used+to+fulfill+telemedicine+functional+and+non+functional+requirements.&rft.publisher=Journal+of+Telecommunications&rft.date=2012-07-31&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8715%2F1%2FV15-I1-P1-9.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mtibaa%2C+S+and+Tagina%2C+M++(2012)+An+Automated+Petri-Net+Based+Approach+for+Change+Management+in+Distributed+Telemedicine+Environment.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8715%2F