Workshop 4

Hybrid Case-Based Reasoning Systems

Paper submissions are invited for the Workshop on Hybrid Case-Based Reasoning Systems, to be held as part of the ICCBR-99 conference, on the morning of July 28th 1999.

The focus of attention in the Workshop will be on the combination or integration of case-based reasoning with either one or more other artificial intelligence methodologies (for example neural networks or rule-based systems), or with some non-AI problem solving methodology, as a means of exploiting the potential synergy that may possibly be obtained by employing a combination of diverse problem solving paradigms.

Workshop Aims

The specific aims of the workshop are:

• to bring together researchers in the area of hybrid case-based reasoning,
• to provide a forum for presentations and discussions of relevant current theory and applications in the field,
• to identify important research issues and potential areas for future work,
• to explore the particular benefits of, and technological problems in the integration of case-based reasoning with other problem solving methodologies,
• to identify common and complementary research interests among participants which may lead to possible collaboration in future research into the further development and application of hybrid CBR problem solving approaches.

The above aims will be realised through a combination of oral and poster presentations, with adequate time being devoted to structured plenary discussion, directed to the identification of key issues, common interests and directions for future research into hybrid CBR systems research.

Scope of the Workshop

The Workshop will address both theoretical and practical issues. Appropriate topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the following:

• the increase or reduction in development effort between combinations and integrations of different components in a hybrid system,
• the use of and / or comparison of techniques for a particular task in the CBR cycle,
• comparison of combinations of problem solving techniques
• the evaluation / comparison of performance of hybrid systems,
• comparison / trade off in performance improvement of individual components vs. overall performance.,
• comparison of development efforts for hybrid systems.

Also, papers on the application of hybrid CBR approaches to the solution of practical problems in science, engineering or business will be particularly welcome.

In addition to full papers, shorter position papers are also invited on, for example,

• frameworks for hybrid CBR systems,
• automated learning in hybrid CBR systems.

Submissions

Persons wishing to contribute to the workshop are invited to submit, via email to the address below, a paper on either theoretical or applied research in the area of hybrid CBR problem solving. Full papers should be no longer than 8 pages in length, with a text font not less than 10 pt.; position papers should be 3 - 5 pages in length.

Publication

The workshop notes, comprising all accepted papers, will be published in the form of a Technical Report of the Centre for Learning Systems and Applications (LSA) of the University of Kaiserslautern. In addition, it is anticipated that authors of selected papers may be invited to extend their paper, to be considered for subsequent publication in a special issue of an international journal. Papers that are not accepted for oral presentation may be accepted for presentation at the poster session of the workshop.

Conference & Workshop Registration

Participants of the Workshop will be required to register for the main ICCBR conference. To cover costs it will be necessary to charge workshop participants a small workshop fee in addition to the normal ICCBR-99 registration fee.

Workshop Organiser and Address for Submissions:

Electronic paper submission: email to conference closed

Brian Lees
Department of Computing & Information Systems, University of Paisley
Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, U.K.
 
Tel: 0141 848 3311
Fax: 0141 848 3542
Email: lees-ci0@paisley.ac.uk

Organising Committee

Dr. Brian Lees, University of Paisley, U.K.
Dr. Venky Shankararaman, University of Hertfordshire, U.K.
Dr. ir. Bart Netten, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Prof. Khaldoun Zreik, Université de Caen, France
Dr Cherif Branki, University of Paisley, U.K
Bruno Cremilleux, Université de Caen, France

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