Case-Based Approximate Reasoning

Notation.-1. Introduction.1.1 Similarity and case-based reasoning.1.2 Objective of this book. 1.3 Overview.- 2. Similarity and Case-Based Inference. 2.1 Model-based and instance-based approaches. 2.2 Similarity-based methods. 2.4 Case-based inference. 2.5 Summary and remarks.- 3. Constraint-Based Modeling of Case-Based Inference. 3.1 Basic concepts. 3.2 Constraint-based inference. 3.3 Case-based approximation. 3.4 Learning similarity hypotheses. 3.5 Application to statistical inference. 3.6 Summary and remarks.- 4. Probabilistic Modeling of Case-Based Inference. 4.1 Basic probabilistic concepts. 4.2 Case-based inference, probabilistic reasoning, and statistical inference. 4.3 Learning probabilistic similarity hypotheses. 4.4 Experiments with regression and label ranking. 4.5 Case-based inference as evidential reasoning. 4.6 Assessment of cases. 4.7 Complex similarity hypotheses. 4.8 Approximate probabilistic inference. 4.9 Summary and remarks.-5. Fuzzy Set-Based Modeling of Case-Based Inference I. 5.1 Background on possibility theory . 5.2 Fuzzy rule-based modeling of the CBI hypothesis. 5.3 Generalized possibilistic. 5.4 Extensions of the basic model. 5.5 Experimental studies. 5.6 Calibration of CBI models. 5.7 Relations to other fields. 5.8 Summary and remarks. 6.1 Gradual inference rules. 6.2 Certainty rules. 6.3 Cases as information sources. 6.4 Exceptionality and assessment of cases. 6.5 Local rules. 6.6 Summary and remarks.- 7. Case-Based Decision Making. 7.1 Case-based decision theory. 7.2 Nearest Neighbor decisions. 7.4 Fuzzy quantification in act evaluation. 7.5 A CBI framework of CBDM. 7.6 CBDM models: A discussion of selected issues. 7.7 Experience-based decision making. 7.8 Summary and remarks.-8. Conclusions and Outlook A. Possibilistic Dominance in Qualitative Decisions.- References.