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What is CBR

CBR means "Case Based Reasoning" and is a technique to find solutions to problems by reusing knowledge in the form of previously stored experiences. It is suitable when it is impossible, difficult or expensive to define exact rules. In principle it is very simple:

  1. Define what attributes are relevant for the current problem domain
  2. Gather experience - store attribute values for known cases
  3. When a new problem arises, find the "closest" match of the stored cases

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