Reasoning with Complex Cases

__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. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-10 Reasoning with Complex Cases....Pages 11-26 The FABEL Domain for Illustration....Pages 27-35 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 Case Similarities....Pages 39-42 Similarities Between Attributes....Pages 43-63 Restricted Geometric Relationships....Pages 65-74 Graphs....Pages 75-82 Semantic Nets....Pages 83-86 Model-Based Similarities....Pages 87-92 Enhancing The Quality of Retrieval Methods....Pages 93-102 Conclusions and Perspectives....Pages 103-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Reusing Cases....Pages 113-130 Reuse of a Single Case: Adaptation....Pages 131-152 Reuse of Multiple Cases: Strategies....Pages 153-162 Source Cases — The Third Factor....Pages 163-169 Conclusions and Perspectives....Pages 171-176 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 Designing Integrated CBR Systems....Pages 179-194 Software Architecture....Pages 195-211 Scenario of Application....Pages 213-226 Back Matter....Pages 227-250 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.