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A Case for Numerical Taxonomy in Case-Based Reasoning

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There are applications of case-like knowledge where, on the one hand, no obvious best way to structure the material exists, and on the other, the number of cases is not large enough for machine learning to find regularities that can be used for structuring. Numerical taxonomy is proposed as a technique for determining degrees of similarity between cases under these conditions. Its effect is illustrated in a novel application for case-like knowledge: authentication of paintings.

This work is supported by CAPES/Brazil (grant number 2224/03-8).

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University College London, Malet Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    Luís A. L. Silva, John A. Campbell & Bernard F. Buxton

  2. The Pigmentum Project, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK

    Nicholas Eastaugh

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  1. Department of Systems Engineering and Computer Science - COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

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Silva, L.A.L., Campbell, J.A., Eastaugh, N., Buxton, B.F. (2008). A Case for Numerical Taxonomy in Case-Based Reasoning. In: Zaverucha, G., da Costa, A.L. (eds) Advances in Artificial Intelligence - SBIA 2008. SBIA 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5249. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88190-2_23

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