Publication
Agent Based Maintenance for Modularised Case Bases in Collaborative Multi-Expert Systems
Klaus-Dieter Althoff; Meike Reichle; Kerstin Bach; Alexandre Hanft; Régis Newo
In: Expert Update, Vol. 10 - Special Issue on the 12th UKCBR Workshop, No. 2, Pages 52-59, BCS - SGAI, UK, 2010.
Abstract
This paper features SEASALT, an intelligent information system architecture that follows the example of collaborating human experts. Modularised
knowledge is provided in a number of case bases that offer their topic expertise which is used to combine knowledge for individual queries. We describe
how collaborative multi-expert systems can be instantiated using case-based reasoning (CBR) technology to cover the experts' roles and agent technology in order to enable their collaboration. We focus on the maintenance of cases in such multi-case-base systems regarding inter-case base dependencies. We evaluate our approach based on the real-life application of travel medicine and show how the requirements of an information system on travel medicine can be fulfilled using our hybrid, agent based CBR system architecture.