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Indexing and retrieval of cases in a case-based design system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

B. Raphael and
B. Kumar
B. Raphael
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Scotland
B. Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Scotland
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Abstract

This paper discusses the issues related to retrieval of cases in a case-based design system. The limitations of the conventional approaches are brought out, and this is followed by a description of a new approach to indexing and retrieval. This approach aims at capturing control knowledge required for retrieval from individual retrieval examples. Since this approach is based on past retrieval examples, we call it RBEX (Retrieval Based on EXamples). The proposed approach is implemented in a prototype system called CADREM. CADREM uses design methods used in solving past design problems to solve new problems. This is closer to the derivational analogy approach rather than the more common transformational analogy. CADREM has been tried in the domain of conceptual structural design of buildings. Sample outputs from CADREM are also included.

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Artificial IntelligenceCase-Based ReasoningDesignIndexingRetrieval

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AI EDAM , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1996, pp. 47 - 63
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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