Advances in Case-Based Reasoning: 5th European Workshop, EWCBR 2000 Trento, Italy, September 6-9, 2000 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1898)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th European Workshop on Case-Based Reasonning, EWCBR 2000, held in Trento, Italy in September 2000. The 40 revised full papers presented together with two invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. All curves issues in case-based reasoning, ranging from foundational and theoretical aspects to advanced applications in various fields are addressed. Thepaperscollectedin Thisvolumewerepresentedatthe ?fth Europeanwo- Shoponcase-basedreasoning(ewcbr2k)heldtrento,italy.ewcbr2k Was The Last Episode Of A Series Of Very Successful Meetings Held Previously In Kaiserslautern (1993), Paris (1994), Lausanne (1996) And Dublin (1998) That Traditionally Attract European And International Researchers And Practitioners In Case-basedreasoning. Case-based Reasoning Is A Recent ?eld Of Research With A Long History Of - Plications. The Organization Of The Volume Is Consistent With This Vision Of The ?eld And, Afteran Initial Partdevotedto The Invited Papers,the Twomain Parts Containresearchandapplicationpapersrespectively.the Overallresultisa R- Resentative Snapshot Of Current Researchand State–of–the–artapplications. The Meritforthisvolumegoestotheauthorsofthepapers,theprogramcommittee Andalltheadditionalreviewerswhosecombinede?ortproducedthishigh-quality Scienti?c Work.^ The Organizers Would Like To Thank All The People Who Contributed To The Success Of The Workshop: In Particular, Francesco Ricci Who Originally Proposed To Have Ewcbr2k In Italy; Fausto Giunchiglia, Paolo Traverso And Oliviero Stock Who Backed The Proposal And Assured The Institutional Committment Of Itc-irst And University Of Trento; Paolo Avesani, Mehmet Goeker And Michel Manago Who Developed The Traditional Industrial-day Into The ?rst Edition Of Innovative Customer Centered Applications (icca), A Co-located Event With A Focused Target On Industry People; Giampaolo Avancini, Sara Beatrici, Morena Carli, Carola Dori, Alessandro Tuccio, Of Itc-irst And Fabrizio Di Bartolo Of Universityoftheeasternpiedmontwhoweree?ective,professionalandfriendly Whileprovidingtechnicalandadministrativesupportfortheorganizationofthe Event.^ We Would Like To O?er Thanks For The Support Provided By Ewcbr-98, Mlnet,theitalianassociationforarti?cialintelligence(ai*ia)andthe- Partmentofadvancedsciencesandtechnologies(dista)oftheuniversityof Easternpiedmont(universit` Adelpiemonteorientale”a.avogadro”).aspecial Thanktotheinvitedspeakersbarrysmythandqiangyangandtoallthechairs Ofthesessionsand?nally,tospringer-verlagfortheirhelpandtheirenthusiastic Agreementon The Publication Of This Volume. Invited Papers -- Competence Models And Their Applications -- Activating Case-based Reasoning With Active Databases -- Research Papers -- Case-based Reasoning With Confidence -- Combining Rule-based And Case-based Learning For Iterative Part-of-speech Tagging -- An Architecture For Knowledge Intensive Cbr Systems -- A Dynamic Approach To Reducing Dialog In On-line Decision Guides -- Flexible Control Of Case-based Prediction In The Framework Of Possibility Theory -- Partial Orders And Indifference Relations: Being Purposefully Vague In Case-based Retrieval -- Representing Knowledge For Case-based Reasoning: The Rocade System -- Personalized Conversational Case-based Recommendation -- Learning User Preferences In Case-based Software Reuse -- A Method For Predicting Solutions In Case-based Problem Solving -- Genetic Algorithms To Optimise Cbr Retrieval -- An Unsupervised Bayesian Distance Measure -- Remembering Why To Remember: Performance-guided Case-base Maintenance --^ Case-based Reasoning For Breast Cancer Treatment Decision Helping -- Competence-guided Case-base Editing Techniques -- Intelligent Case-authoring Support In Casemaker-2 -- Integrating Conversational Case Retrieval With Generative Planning -- A Symmetric Nearest Neighbor Learning Rule -- Automatic Case Base Management In A Multi-modal Reasoning System -- On Quality Measures For Case Base Maintenance -- A New Approach For The Incremental Development Of Adaptation Functions For Cbr -- An Efficient Approach To Similarity-based Retrieval On Top Of Relational Databases -- Maintaining Case-based Reasoning Systems Using Fuzzy Decision Trees -- Applying Recursive Cbr For The Customization Of Structured Products In An Electronic Shop -- Handling Vague And Qualitative Criteria In Case-based Reasoning Applications -- Active Delivery For Lessons Learned Systems -- Application Papers -- Km-peb: An Online Experience Base On Knowledge Management Technology --^ A Support System Based On Cbr For The Design Of Rubber Compounds In Motor Racing -- Supporting Tourism Culture Via Cbr -- A Case-based Reasoning Approach To Collaborative Filtering -- Similarity Measures For Structured Representations: A Definitional Approach -- Collaborative Maintenance - A Distributed, Interactive Case-base Maintenance Strategy -- A Unified Cbr Architecture For Robot Navigation -- Maintenance Of A Case-base For The Retrieval Of Rotationally Symmetric Shapes For The Design Of Metal Castings -- Personalised Route Planning: A Case-based Approach -- A Case-based Approach To Image Recognition -- The Life Cycle Of Test Cases In A Cbr System -- Evaluating A Multi-modal Reasoning System In Diabetes Care -- Cbr-based Ultra Sonic Image Interpretation -- Evaluation Of Strategies For Generalised Cases Within A Case-based Reasoning Antibiotics Therapy Advice System -- A Product Customization Module Based On Adaptation Operators For Cbr Systems In E-commerce Environments --^ Selecting And Comparing Multiple Cases To Maximise Result Quality After Adaptation In Case-based Adaptive Scheduling. Enrico Blanzieri, Luigi Portinale (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Competence Models and Their Applications....Pages 1-2 Activating Case-Based Reasoning with Active Databases....Pages 3-14 Case-Based Reasoning with Confidence....Pages 15-25 Combining Rule-Based and Case-Based Learning for Iterative Part-of-Speech Tagging....Pages 26-36 An Architecture for Knowledge Intensive CBR Systems....Pages 37-48 A Dynamic Approach to Reducing Dialog in On-Line Decision Guides....Pages 49-60 Flexible Control of Case-Based Prediction in the Framework of Possibility Theory....Pages 61-73 Partial Orders and Indifference Relations: Being Purposefully Vague in Case-Based Retrieval....Pages 74-85 Representing Knowledge for Case-Based Reasoning: The Rocade System....Pages 86-98 Personalized Conversational Case-Based Recommendation....Pages 99-111 Learning User Preferences in Case-Based Software Reuse....Pages 112-123 A Method for Predicting Solutions in Case-Based Problem Solving....Pages 124-135 Genetic Algorithms to Optimise CBR Retrieval....Pages 136-147 An Unsupervised Bayesian Distance Measure....Pages 148-160 Remembering Why to Remember: Performance-Guided Case-Base Maintenance....Pages 161-172 Case-Based Reasoning for Breast Cancer Treatment Decision Helping....Pages 173-185 Competence-Guided Case-Base Editing Techniques....Pages 186-197 Intelligent Case-Authoring Support in CaseMaker-2....Pages 198-209 Integrating Conversational Case Retrieval with Generative Planning....Pages 210-221 A Symmetric Nearest Neighbor Learning Rule....Pages 222-233 Automatic Case Base Management in a Multi-modal Reasoning System....Pages 234-246 On Quality Measures for Case Base Maintenance....Pages 247-260 A New Approach for the Incremental Development of Adaptation Functions for CBR....Pages 260-272 An Efficient Approach to Similarity-Based Retrieval on Top of Relational Databases....Pages 273-285 Maintaining Case-Based Reasoning Systems Using Fuzzy Decision Trees....Pages 285-296 Applying Recursive CBR for the Customization of Structured Products in an Electronic Shop....Pages 297-308 Handling Vague and Qualitative Criteria in Case-Based Reasoning Applications....Pages 309-321 Active Delivery for Lessons Learned Systems....Pages 322-334 KM-PEB: An Online Experience Base on Knowledge Management Technology....Pages 335-347 A Support System Based on CBR for the Design of Rubber Compounds in Motor Racing....Pages 348-357 Supporting Tourism Culture via CBR....Pages 358-369 A Case-Based Reasoning Approach to Collaborative Filtering....Pages 370-379 Similarity Measures for Structured Representations: A Definitional Approach....Pages 380-392 Collaborative Maintenance - A Distributed, Interactive Case-Base Maintenance Strategy....Pages 393-405 A Unified CBR Architecture for Robot Navigation....Pages 406-417 Maintenance of a Case-Base for the Retrieval of Rotationally Symmetric Shapes for the Design of Metal Castings....Pages 418-430 Personalised Route Planning: A Case-Based Approach....Pages 431-443 A Case-Based Approach to Image Recognition....Pages 443-454 The Life Cycle of Test Cases in a CBR System....Pages 455-466 Evaluating a Multi-modal Reasoning System in Diabetes Care....Pages 467-478 CBR-Based Ultra Sonic Image Interpretation....Pages 479-490 Evaluation of Strategies for Generalised Cases within a Case-Based Reasoning Antibiotics Therapy Advice System....Pages 491-503 A Product Customization Module Based on Adaptation Operators for CBR Systems in E-Commerce Environments....Pages 504-516 Selecting and Comparing Multiple Cases to Maximise Result Quality after Adaptation in Case-Based Adaptive Scheduling....Pages 517-528