Book Description:
Case-based reasoning (CBR), is the process of solving new problems based on the solutions of similar past problems. An auto mechanic who fixes an engine by recalling another car that exhibited similar symptoms is using case-based reasoning. A lawyer who advocates a particular outcome in a trial based on legal precedents and a physician, who considers the diagnosis and treatment of a previous patient having similar symptoms to determine the disease and treatment for the new patient, are using CBR; a prominent kind of analogy making. This new book presents current research in the field of CBR including business predicition researches of corporate failure using CBR, and mathematizing the Case-Based Reasoning process.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Case-Based Reasoning Integrations: Approaches and Applications
(Jim Prentzas, Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras, School of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, Patras, Greece, and others)

Applying Improved Case Indexing and Retrieving using Ex-Post Information in Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction
(Hyun-jung Kim, Deloitte Consulting, Yoido-dong, Youngdeungpo-gu, Seoul Korea)

Case-Based Reasoning: History, Methodology and Development Trends
(Michael Gr. Voskoglou, Graduate Technological Educational Institute (T. E. I.), School of Technological Applications, Patras, Greece)

A Temporal Case-Based Procedure for Cancellation Forecasting: A Case Study
(Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan)

Provision of Safety for Technological Systems with the Aid of Case-Based Reasoning
A.F. Berman, O.A. Nikolaychuk, A.I. Pavlov, A.Yu. Yurin, Institute for Systems Dynamics and Control Theory, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia)

Mathematizing the Case-Based Reasoning Process
(Michael Gr. Voskoglou, Graduate Technological Educational Institute (T. E. I.), School of Technological Applications, Patras, Greece)

Prototype-Based Reasoning for Diagnosis of Dysmorphic Syndromes
(Rainer Schmidt, Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, University of Rostock, Germany)

Short Commentary:
Fuzzy Sets in Case-Based Reasoning
(Michael Gr. Voskoglou, Technological Educational Institute (T. E. I.), Patras, Greece)

New Approach of Case-Based Reasoning
(Chokri El Aoun, Hichem Eleuch, Hella Ben Ayed, Esma Aimeur, Laboratoire CRISTAL, Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Universite de Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia, and others)*

Index