J. Kolodner and D. Leake, A Tutorial Introduction to Case-Based Reasoning. To appear in Case-Based Reasoning: Experiences, Lessons, and Future Directions, D. Leake (ed.), AAAI Press, 1996.

Author of the summary: J. William Murdock, 1997, murdock@cc.gatech.edu

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• Much reasoning can be done by adapting concrete experiences to new situations.

Keywords: Case-Based Reasoning

Systems: An overview of many systems

Summary: Describes case-based reasoning and its various formulations.
Discusses the characteristics of problems which make them amenable to
case-based reasoning.  Describes the major issues in case-based
reasoning such as retrieval, indexing, adaptation, evaluation, and
storage.  Discusses different uses for CBR such as planning,
interpretation, argumentation, design, teaching, etc.

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