An Application of Rule-Based and Case-Based Reasoning within a Single Legal Knowledge- Based System

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 48-63

  Pal, Kamalendu ^a   Campbell, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case based reasoning; Knowledge based system; law; numerical taxonomy; rule based reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343352087     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/277339.277344     Document Type: Article

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