Case-based reasoning: An overview

Abstract

This paper contains a brief overview of Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) with an emphasis on European activities in the field. The main objective was to have a balance between brevity and expressiveness and providing helpful pointers to the field. It identifies major open problems of CBR associated with: retrieval/selection, memory organization, matching, adaptation/evaluation, forgetting and, finally, integration with other techniques. It is intended for readers with knowledge in the area and contains a list of more than one hundred references in the field.