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This paper investigates the application of Multiple, Heterogeneous Case Based Reasoning (MHCBR) using agents operating on different structures/views of the problem domain in a transparent and autonomous way to retrieve solutions for a new problem from more than one case-base. An MHCBR framework is proposed. This framework includes sub-processes for subscribing of provider case-bases through agents, creating a dynamic structure, and retrieving solutions by using agents and employing a Blackboard communication architecture.
A mechanism based on the competence of a provider case base is introduced to improve MHCBR performance. A negotiation system to support the retrieval process from each source case base of the MHCBR is proposed. ProMHCBR, a MHCBR system employing agents is discussed and an experimental evaluation of this system is presented.
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Teodorescu, E.I., Petridis, M. (2013). An Agent Based Framework for Multiple, Heterogeneous Case Based Reasoning. In: Delany, S.J., Ontañón, S. (eds) Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development. ICCBR 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7969. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39056-2_23
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