Towards heterogeneous multiple case-based reasoning: an investigation

The traditional approach of dealing with cases from Multiple Case Bases is to map these to one central case base that is used for knowledge extraction and problem solving. Accessing Multiple Case Bases should not require a change to their data structure. This paper presents an investigation into applying Case-Based Reasoning to Multiple Heterogeneous Case Bases. A case study is presented to illustrate and evaluate the approach.

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Review of biography of Leonhard Euler - Andreas K Heyne and Alice P Heyne (text) and Elena S Pini (illustrations), Leonhard Euler: a man to be reckoned with, translated from the German by Alice P Heyne and Tahu Matheson, Birkhauser, 2007, 45 pp, £14.50, ISBN 3-7643-8332-9.

An architecture of multiple heterogeneous case-based reasoning employing agent technologies

This paper presents an investigation into applying Case-Based Reasoning to Multiple Heterogeneous Case Bases using agents. The adaptive CBR process and the architecture of the system are presented. A case study is presented to illustrate and evaluate the approach. The process of creating and maintaining the dynamic data structures is discussed. The similarity metrics employed by the system are used to support the process of optimisation of the collaboration between the agents which is based on the use of a blackboard architecture. The blackboard architecture is shown to support the efficient collaboration between the agents to achieve an efficient overall CBR solution, while using case-based reasoning methods to allow the overall system to adapt and “learn” new collaborative strategies for achieving the aims of the overall CBR problem solving process.