Publication - Retrieval and Reasoning in Distributed Case Bases

Authors: Nagendra, Prasad, M.V., Lesser, V., Lander, S.
Title: Retrieval and Reasoning in Distributed Case Bases
Abstract: The proliferation of electronically available networked information has led researchers to examine the issues involved in developing automated methods for gathering information in response to a query from a user. However, most of this literature deals with locating, gathering and selecting the best response to a query from among a multitude of responses from different repositories or digital libraries. This paper deals with a different model of response to a query, involving composition of mutually related partial responses spread across a network of information repositories. We present a system for cooperative retrieval and composition of a case in which subcases are distributed across different agents in a multi-agent system. From a Gestalt perspective, a good overall case may not be the one derived from the summation of best subcases. Each agent�s local viewmay result in best local cases, which when assembled may not result in the best overall case in terms of global measures. We propose a negotiation-driven case retrieval algorithm as an approach to dynamically resolving inconsistencies between different case pieces during the retrieval process.
Keywords: BIG, Information Retrieval
Publication: Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Special Issue on Digital Libraries, Vol: 7, Num: 1, pp. 74 - 87
Date: January 1996
Sources: PS: /Documents/dl.ps
PDF: /Documents/dl.pdf
Reference: Nagendra, Prasad, M.V., Lesser, V., Lander, S.. Retrieval and Reasoning in Distributed Case Bases. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Special Issue on Digital Libraries, Volume 7, Number 1, pp. 74-87. January 1996.
bibtex: 
@article{Nagendra-102,
  author    = "Prasad Nagendra and Lesser M.V. and Lander V. and
               S.",
  title     = "{Retrieval and Reasoning in Distributed Case Bases}",
  journal   = "Journal of Visual Communication and Image
               Representation, Special Issue on Digital Libraries",
  volume    = "7",
  number    = "1",
  pages     = "74-87",
  month     = "January",
  year      = "1996",
  url       = "http://mas.cs.umass.edu/paper/102",
}