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A major advantage in using a case-based approach to developing knowledge-based systems is that it can be applied to problems where a strong domain theory may be difficult to determine. However the development of case-based reasoning (CBR) systems that set out to support a sophisticated case adaptation process does require a strong domain model. The Derivational Analogy (DA) approach to CBR is a case in point. In DA the case representation contains a trace of the reasoning process involved in producing the solution for that case. In the adaptation process this reasoning trace is reinstantiated in the context of the new target case; this requires a strong domain model and the encoding of problem solving knowledge. In this paper we analyse this issue using as an example a CBR system called CoBRA that assists with the modelling tasks in numerical simulation.
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Cunningham, P., Finn, D., Slattery, S. (1994). Knowledge engineering requirements in derivational analogy. In: Wess, S., Althoff, KD., Richter, M.M. (eds) Topics in Case-Based Reasoning. EWCBR 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 837. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58330-0_90
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