Synopses & Reviews
Reasoning with Complex Cases emphasizes case retrieval methods based on structured cases as they are relevant for planning, configuration, and design, and provides a systematic view of the case reuse phase, centering on complex situations. So far, books on case-based reasoning considered comparatively simple situations only. This book is a coherent work, not a selection of separate contributions, and consists largely of original research results using examples taken from industrial design, biology, medicine, jurisprudence and other areas. Reasoning with Complex Cases is suitable as a secondary text for graduate-level courses on case-based reasoning and as a reference for practitioners applying conventional CBR systems or techniques.
Table of Contents
Preface. Part I: Reasoning with Cases. 1. Introduction. 2. Reasoning with Complex Cases. 3. The FABEL Domain for Illustration. Part II: Case Retrieval. 4. Case Similarities. 5. Similarities Between Attributes. 6. Restricted Geometric Relationships. 7. Graphs. 8. Semantic Nets. 9. Model-Based Similarities. 10. Enhancing the Quality of Retrieval Methods. 11. Conclusions and Perspectives. Part III: Case Reuse. 12. Reusing Cases. 13. Reuse of a Single Case: Adaptation. 14. Reuse of Multiple Cases: Strategies. 15. Source Cases - The Third Factor. 16. Conclusions and Perspectives. Part IV: An Integrated System. 17. Designing Integrated CBR Systems. 18. Software Architecture. 19. Scenario of Application. References. Index.