Call for Papers for the ICCBR-03 Workshop on Long-Lived CBR Systems
Lifecycle models and their impact on CBR systems regarding usage, structure, and maintenance Trondheim, Norway, June 24, 2003 http://www.iccbr.org/2003/index-ws2.html Objective and Contents Long-lived case-based systems are systems that are operating for a longer time and require improvements due to changes in the environment or changes due to their normal operation (e.g., new cases). Several CBR systems of this type have been identified in literature and practice. Typically, a lifecycle model (LC model) explains the evolution principles underlying such a system. The workshop addresses the issues of lifecycle models for cases and case-based systems. We aim to discuss the impact of environment, application domain, and lifecycle model on case authoring, usage processes, retrieval, knowledge representation, and maintenance as well as applicability and reusability. Also of interest are cost-benefit aspects of system and processes as well as support by "intelligent" technologies for realizing a lifecycle model or specific aspects of the lifecycle model (e.g., text mining as a means for identifying related cases in order to prepare the merging of related cases). This workshop aims at the following: * To bring together researchers and industrialists in a less formal atmosphere, where the issues associated with lifecycle models as well as modeling, discovering and maintaining the knowledge in a case-based system can be discussed. * To provide a means whereby new methods and tools for the definition, modeling, and learning of knowledge for a case-based system can be put forward. This includes methods and tools for case knowledge acquisition, knowledge discovery from data, and CBR knowledge maintenance. * To stimulate discussion and the forging of new ideas and approaches. * To help foster links between researchers and between researchers and industry. * The workshop should be particularly interesting for researchers and practitioners with interests and/or experience in CBR with focus on case authoring, maintenance, evaluation, and related issues as well as Learning Software Organizations and Experience Management. Possible Topic Areas Papers should address topics from the following list, but are not restricted to these topics: * Lifecycle model o Integration into a process (e.g., work process) as a broader context o Retrieval o Recording of new cases o Maintenance of cases and other knowledge containers o Authoring, usage, history, forgetting: when to do what * Characteristics of the environment / application domain o Goals for system (e.g., standardization of reaction, experience exchange among experts) * Implications of environment and lifecycle model for authoring, retrieval, schema and maintenance as well as architecture: o How is maintenance of knowledge triggered? o Processes for developing the knowledge (human, automated, combined) o How & when is knowledge moved between containers? o How & when is knowledge maintained/improved in one container? o Retrieval o Schema - for example: + Generalized and concrete cases: how are they used and maintained? o Evaluation: how does it impact the system * Applicability and reusability issues: for which environments or environmental characteristics is your approach (also) applicable? * Cost-benefit issues: How is the reuse in the lifecycle evaluated? How is the success of the whole case-based system evaluated? How is the evaluation embedded in the lifecycle model? Furthermore, we want to encourage you to consider and present your work in relation to a lifecycle model and describe this lifecycle model or the respective part of a lifecycle model in your paper. Important Dates March 21, 2003: Submission deadline April 21, 2003: Notice of acceptance May 5, 2003: Deadline for final camera-ready copies June 24, 2003: Workshop Submissions Contributions submitted should not exceed 10 pages. Position papers and/or descriptions of preliminary work are also welcome. Submissions should be formatted according to Springer LNCS format, which is the format required for the final camera-ready copy. Authors' instructions along with LaTeX and Word macro files are available on the web at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Please email a PDF or POSTSCRIPT version (zipped) of your contribution to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or contact a member of the organizing committee. Workshop Organizers * Markus Nick, Fraunhofer IESE, Sauerwiesen 6, 67661 Kaiserslautern, Germany, Tel +49 6301 707 233, Fax +49 6301 707 230, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Mirjam Minor, Humboldt-Universit�t zu Berlin, Institut f�r Informatik, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Telefon: +49 30 2093 3171, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Program Committee Brigitte Bartsch-Spoerl, BSR Consulting, M�nchen, D Ralph Bergmann, Universit�t Hildesheim, D Marco C. Bettoni, Fachhochschule beider Basel, CH Beatrice Fuchs, Universite Lyon, F Peter Funk, M�lardalen University, Sweden Mehmet Goeker, Kaidara Software Inc., Palo Alto, US David Leake, Indiana University, US Mario Lenz, empolis GmbH, D Uli Reimer, Business Operations Systems, CH Thomas Reinartz, DaimlerChrysler, Ulm, D Michael M. Richter, Universit�t Kaiserslautern, D Barry Smyth, Changing Worlds, IR Rosina Weber, Drexel University, US -- Address, Tel, Fax: see http://www.iese.fraunhofer.de/Staff/nick/ Always look on the bright side of life! ------------------- MLnet community list http://www.mlnet.org/mlnet2/services/mlnet-community.html
