Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development: 4th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR 2001 Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 30 – August 2, 2001 Proceedings

The 2001 International Conference On Case-based Reasoning (iccbr 2001, Www.iccbr.org/iccbr01), The Fourth In The Biennial Iccbr Series (1995 In Sesimbra, Portugal; 1997 In Providence, Rhode Island (usa); 1999 In Seeon, Germany), Was Held During 30 July – 2 August 2001 In Vancouver, Canada. Iccbr Is The Premier International Forum For Researchers And Practitioners Of Case Based Reasoning (cbr). The Objectives Of This Meeting Were To Nurture Significant, Relevant Advances Made In This Field (both In Research And Application), Communicate Them Among All Attendees, Inspire Future Advances, And Continue To Support The Vision That Cbr Is A Valuable Process In Many Research Disciplines, Both Computational And Otherwise. Iccbr 2001 Was The First Iccbr Meeting Held On The Pacific Coast, And We Used The Setting Of Beautiful Vancouver As An Opportunity To Enhance Participation From The Pacific Rim Communities, Which Contributed 28% Of The Submissions. During This Meeting, We Were Fortunate To Host Invited Talks By Ralph Bergmann, Ken Forbus, Jaiwei Han, Ramon López De Mántaras, And Manuela Veloso. Their Contributions Ensured A Stimulating Meeting; We Thank Them All. Invited Papers -- Highlights Of The European Inreca Projects -- The Synthesis Of Expressive Music: A Challenging Cbr Application -- Why Case-based Reasoning Is Attractive For Image Interpretation -- Research Papers -- Similarity Assessment For Relational Cbr -- Acquiring Customer Preferences From Return-set Selections -- The Role Of Information Extraction For Textual Cbr -- Case-based Reasoning In Course Timetabling: An Attribute Graph Approach -- Ranking Algorithms For Costly Similarity Measures -- A Fuzzy-rough Approach For Case Base Maintenance -- Learning And Applying Case-based Adaptation Knowledge -- Case Representation Issues For Case-based Reasoning From Ensemble Research -- A Declarative Similarity Framework For Knowledge Intensive Cbr -- Classification Based Retrieval Using Formal Concept Analysis -- Conversational Case-based Planning For Agent Team Coordination -- A Hybrid Approach For The Management Of Faq Documents In Latin Languages --^ Taxonomic Conversational Case-based Reasoning -- A Case-based Reasoning View Of Automated Collaborative Filtering -- A Case-based Approach To Tailoring Software Processes -- The Conflict Graph For Maintaining Case—based Reasoning Systems -- Issues On The Effective Use Of Cbr Technology For Software Project Prediction -- Incremental Case-based Plan Recognition Using State Indices -- A Similarity-based Approach To Attribute Selection In User-adaptive Sales Dialogs -- When Two Case Bases Are Better Than One: Exploiting Multiple Case Bases -- Cobra: A Cbr-based Aproach For Predicting Users Actions In A Web Site -- Similarity Vs. Diversity -- Collaborative Case-based Reasoning: Applications In Personalised Route Planning -- Helping A Cbr Program Know What It Knows -- Precision And Recall In Interactive Case-based Reasoning -- Meta-case-based Reasoning: Using Functional Models To Adapt Case-based Agents -- Exploiting Interchangeabilities For Case Adaptation --^ Ensemble Case-based Reasoning: Collaboration Policies For Multiagent Cooperative Cbr -- Mama: A Maintenance Manual For Case—based Reasoning Systems -- Rough Sets Reduction Techniques For Case-based Reasoning -- Sequential Instance-based Learning For Planning In The Context Of An Imperfect Information Game -- Learning Feature Weights From Case Order Feedback -- Adaptation By Applying Behavior Routines And Motion Strategies In Autonomous Navigation -- An Accurate Adaptation-guided Similarity Metric For Case-based Planning -- Releasing Memory Space Through A Case-deletion Policy With A Lower Bound For Residual Competence -- Using Description Logics For Designing The Case Base In A Hybrid Approach For Diagnosis Integrating Model And Case-based Reasoning -- Application Papers -- T-air: A Case-based Reasoning System For Designing Chemical Absorption Plants -- Benefits Of Case-based Reasoning In Color Matching -- Cbr For Dimensional Management In A Manufacturing Plant --^ Real-time Creation Of Frequently Asked Questions -- Managing Diagnostic Knowledge In Text Cases -- Emerging Applications -- Cbr Adaptation For Chemical Formulation -- A Case-based Reasoning Approach For Due-date Assignment In A Wafer Fabrication Factory -- Dublet: An Online Cbr System For Rental Property Recommendation -- Improved Performance Support Through An Integrated Task-based Video Case Library -- Transforming Electronic Mail Folders Into Case Bases -- Case-based Reasoning In The Care Of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients -- Prototype Of An Intelligent Failure Analysis System -- Applying Cbr And Object Database Techniques In Chemical Process Design -- Mining High-quality Cases For Hypertext Prediction And Prefetching. David W. Aha, Ian Watson, Eds. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Highlights of the European INRECA Projects....Pages 1-15 The Synthesis of Expressive Music: A Challenging CBR Application....Pages 16-26 Why Case-Based Reasoning is Attractive for Image Interpretation....Pages 27-43 Similarity Assessment for Relational CBR....Pages 44-58 Acquiring Customer Preferences from Return-Set Selections....Pages 59-73 The Role of Information Extraction for Textual CBR....Pages 74-89 Case-Based Reasoning in Course Timetabling: An Attribute Graph Approach....Pages 90-104 Ranking Algorithms for Costly Similarity Measures....Pages 105-117 A Fuzzy-Rough Approach for Case Base Maintenance....Pages 118-130 Learning and Applying Case-Based Adaptation Knowledge....Pages 131-145 Case Representation Issues for Case-Based Reasoning from Ensemble Research....Pages 146-157 A Declarative Similarity Framework for Knowledge Intensive CBR....Pages 158-172 Classification Based Retrieval Using Formal Concept Analysis....Pages 173-188 Conversational Case-Based Planning for Agent Team Coordination....Pages 189-203 A Hybrid Approach for the Management of FAQ Documents in Latin Languages....Pages 204-218 Taxonomic Conversational Case-Based Reasoning....Pages 219-233 A Case-Based Reasoning View of Automated Collaborative Filtering....Pages 234-248 A Case-Based Approach to Tailoring Software Processes....Pages 249-262 The Conflict Graph for Maintaining Case—Based Reasoning Systems....Pages 263-275 Issues on the Effective Use of CBR Technology for Software Project Prediction....Pages 276-290 Incremental Case-Based Plan Recognition Using State Indices....Pages 291-305 A Similarity-Based Approach to Attribute Selection in User-Adaptive Sales Dialogs....Pages 306-320 When Two Case Bases Are Better than One: Exploiting Multiple Case Bases....Pages 321-335 COBRA: a CBR-Based Aproach for Predicting Users Actions in a Web Site....Pages 336-346 Similarity vs. Diversity....Pages 347-361 Collaborative Case-Based Reasoning: Applications in Personalised Route Planning....Pages 362-376 Helping a CBR Program Know What It Knows....Pages 377-391 Precision and Recall in Interactive Case-Based Reasoning....Pages 392-406 Meta-Case-Based Reasoning: Using Functional Models to Adapt Case-Based Agents....Pages 407-421 Exploiting Interchangeabilities for Case Adaptation....Pages 422-436 Ensemble Case-Based Reasoning: Collaboration Policies for Multiagent Cooperative CBR....Pages 437-451 MaMa : A Maintenance Manual for Case—Based Reasoning Systems....Pages 452-466 Rough Sets Reduction Techniques for Case-Based Reasoning....Pages 467-482 sequential Instance-Based Learning for Planning in the Context of an Imperfect Information Game....Pages 483-501 Learning Feature Weights from Case Order Feedback....Pages 502-516 Adaptation by Applying Behavior Routines and Motion Strategies in Autonomous Navigation....Pages 517-530 An Accurate Adaptation-Guided Similarity Metric for Case-Based Planning....Pages 531-545 Releasing Memory Space Through a Case-Deletion Policy with a Lower Bound for Residual Competence....Pages 546-560 Using Description Logics for Designing the Case Base in a Hybrid Approach for Diagnosis Integrating Model and Case-Based Reasoning....Pages 561-575 T-Air: A Case-Based Reasoning System for Designing Chemical Absorption Plants....Pages 576-588 Benefits of Case-Based Reasoning in Color Matching....Pages 589-596 CBR for Dimensional Management in a Manufacturing Plant....Pages 597-610 Real-Time Creation of Frequently Asked Questions....Pages 611-621 Managing Diagnostic Knowledge in Text Cases....Pages 622-633 CBR Adaptation for Chemical Formulation....Pages 634-647 A Case-Based Reasoning Approach for Due-Date Assignment in a Wafer Fabrication Factory....Pages 648-659 DubLet: An Online CBR System for Rental Property Recommendation....Pages 660-674 Improved Performance Support through an Integrated Task-Based Video Case Library....Pages 675-689 Transforming Electronic Mail Folders into Case Bases....Pages 690-701 Case-Based Reasoning in the Care of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients....Pages 702-715 Prototype of an Intelligent Failure Analysis System....Pages 716-730 Applying CBR and Object Database Techniques in Chemical Process Design....Pages 731-743 Mining High-Quality Cases for Hypertext Prediction and Prefetching....Pages 744-755 Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development: 4th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR 2001 Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 30 – August 2, 2001 Proceedings Author: David W. Aha, Ian Watson Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 978-3-540-42358-4 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44593-5 Table of Contents: Highlights of the European INRECA Projects The Synthesis of Expressive Music: A Challenging CBR Application Why Case-Based Reasoning is Attractive for Image Interpretation Similarity Assessment for Relational CBR Acquiring Customer Preferences from Return-Set Selections The Role of Information Extraction for Textual CBR Case-Based Reasoning in Course Timetabling: An Attribute Graph Approach Ranking Algorithms for Costly Similarity Measures A Fuzzy-Rough Approach for Case Base Maintenance Learning and Applying Case-Based Adaptation Knowledge Case Representation Issues for Case-Based Reasoning from Ensemble Research A Declarative Similarity Framework for Knowledge Intensive CBR Classification Based Retrieval Using Formal Concept Analysis Conversational Case-Based Planning for Agent Team Coordination A Hybrid Approach for the Management of FAQ Documents in Latin Languages Taxonomic Conversational Case-Based Reasoning A Case-Based Reasoning View of Automated Collaborative Filtering A Case-Based Approach to Tailoring Software Processes The Conflict Graph for Maintaining Case—Based Reasoning Systems Issues on the Effective Use of CBR Technology for Software Project Prediction The 2001 International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR 2001, www.iccbr.org/iccbr01), the fourth in the biennial ICCBR series (1995 in Sesimbra, Portugal; 1997 in Providence, Rhode Island (USA); 1999 in Seeon, Germany), was held during 30 July {u2013} 2 August 2001 in Vancouver, Canada. ICCBR is the premier international forum for researchers and practitioners of case based reasoning (CBR). The objectives of this meeting were to nurture significant, relevant advances made in this field (both in research and application), communicate them among all attendees, inspire future advances, and continue to support the vision that CBR is a valuable process in many research disciplines, both computational and otherwise. ICCBR 2001 was the first ICCBR meeting held on the Pacific coast, and we used the setting of beautiful Vancouver as an opportunity to enhance participation from the Pacific Rim communities, which contributed 28% of the submissions. During this meeting, we were fortunate to host invited talks by Ralph Bergmann, Ken Forbus, Jaiwei Han, Ramon López de Mántaras, and Manuela Veloso. Their contributions ensured a stimulating meeting; we thank them all This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR 2001, held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in July/August 2001. The 36 revised full research papers and 14 revised full application papers presented together with 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers address all current foundational and theoretical aspects of case-based reasoning as well as advanced applications in a variety of fields The acronym INRECA stands for "INduction and REasoning from CAses" and is the name of a European consortium that jointly executed two large CBR projects named INRECA (1992 - 1995) and INRECA-II (1996 - 1999).