Enhancing the Usage of Case-Based Reasoning- Business Processes involved in applying CBR Technology in Industrial Organisations-

Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) has long been considered as an AI technology with low maintenance efforts. However, with the advent of CBR systems in industrial applications, issues that have to do with the processes involved in putting a knowledge repository in operation arise. Especially • the processes involved in initial and continuous knowledge acquisition, • the processes involved in case-base and model maintenance, and • the organisational impact of, and impact of the organisation on a CBR system have not been analysed and understood completely and are currently not supported adequately in all commercially available CBR systems. This workshop will bring together CBR users, researchers and tool-vendors to discuss the problems they have, to evaluate possible solutions, to exchange experiences, and to come to a better understanding of unsolved problems in the area of maintenance. Submissions to the Workshop Position Papers of up to four pages on one of the topics given above can be submitted. Accepted papers will be published in workshop proceedings. Two papers from each category will be selected to be presented in 15 minutes during the four hour workshop. Each subtopic will have a dedicated slot of 60 minutes. The last hour of the workshop is dedicated to discussion. The workshop will close with a wrap-up session. Attendance is limited to 25 participants