Characterisation of knowledge incorporation into solution models for the meal planning problem

Ngonidzashe Zanamwe, Kudakwashe Dube, Jasmine S. Thomson, Fredrick J. Mtenzi, Gilford T. Hapanyengwi

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Abstract

This paper is part of work aimed at investigating an approach to knowledge incorporation into solution models of the Meal Planning Problem (MPP) for use in mobile web-based HIV/AIDS nutrition therapy management within the context of developing countries, particularly, in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper presents a characterisation of the incorporation of knowledge into the models for the MPP. The characterisation is important for assessing the extent to which MPP models can be adapted for use in different clinical problems with different nutrition guideline knowledge and in different regions of the world with differently customised versions of the guidelines. The characterisation was applied to thirty one works in the literature on MPP models. The main outcome of the application of the characterisation was the finding that the existing MPP models do not provide for the incorporation of nutrition guideline knowledge as first class concepts with identifiable and manageable structures, which makes almost impossible the transfer of knowledge from health experts to patients and from one region of the world to another.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFoundations of Health Information Engineering and Systems - 3rd International Symposium, FHIES 2013, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsJeremy Gibbons, Wendy MacCaull
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages254-273
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9783642539558
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Symposium on Foundations of Health Information Engineering and Systems, FHIES 2013 - Macau, China
Duration: 21 Aug 201323 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8315
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd International Symposium on Foundations of Health Information Engineering and Systems, FHIES 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityMacau
Period21/08/1323/08/13

Keywords

  • Algorithms
  • Constraint satisfaction
  • Evolutionary computing
  • Genetic algorithm
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Knapsack problem
  • Knowledge engineering
  • Linear programming
  • Meal planning
  • Modelling
  • Nutrition guideline
  • Nutrition therapy
  • Optimisation problem
  • Particle swarm optimisation

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