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In current CBR systems, case adaptation is usually performed by rule-based methods that use task-specific rules hand-coded by the system developer. The ability to define those rules depends on knowledge of the task and domain that may not be available a priori, presenting a serious impediment to endowing CBR systems with the needed adaptation knowledge. This paper describes ongoing research on a method to address this problem by acquiring adaptation knowledge from experience. The method uses reasoning from scratch, based on introspective reasoning about the requirements for successful adaptation, to build up a library of adaptation cases that are stored for future reuse. We describe the tenets of the approach and the types of knowledge it requires. We sketch initial computer implementation, lessons learned, and open questions for further study.
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. IRI-9409348.
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Leake, D.B., Kinley, A., Wilson, D. (1995). Learning to improve case adaptation by introspective reasoning and CBR. In: Veloso, M., Aamodt, A. (eds) Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development. ICCBR 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1010. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60598-3_21
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