David B. Leake and Andrew Kinley.
Proceedings of the 1998 AAAI Spring Symposium on Multimodal
Reasoning, AAAI Press, San Mateo, 1998. 6 pages.
Abstract
This paper summarizes a system combining multiple modes, styles, and
levels of reasoning, describing its use of multimodal reasoning and
considering the potential applicability of similar approaches to other
systems. The system described is a case-based planner that uses
multiple forms of reasoning to support its domain level case-based
reasoning process. The system combines two reasoning paradigms,
rule-based and case-based reasoning; two reasoning styles,
transformational and derivational CBR; and two levels of reasoning,
domain level reasoning (about plans) and metareasoning (about guiding
the process for adapting them to fit new situations).
This paper illustrates the usefulness of this multimodal approach by
describing why specific reasoning modes are particularly well-suited to
specific tasks, how each approach contributes to the overall function
of the system, and how the multiple approaches support each other.
Based on experience with this system we make a more general claim:
that using CBR components to monitor, capture, and replay the
reasoning of a system's reasoning processes is a promising approach to
guiding those processes and augmenting their capabilities.
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