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Application oriented qualitative reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Louise Travé-Massuyès  and
Robert Milne
Louise Travé-Massuyès
Affiliation:
LAAS-CNRS, 7 Avenue du Colonel Roche, Toulouse, 31077, France (email:louise@lass.fr)
Robert Milne
Affiliation:
Intelligent Applications, 1 Michaelson Square, West Lothian, Scotland EH54 7DP, UK (email:rmilne@cix.compulink.co.uk)
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Abstract

The techniques of qualitative reasoning are now becoming sufficiently mature to be applied to real world problems. In order to better understand which techniques are being used successfully for real world applications, and which application areas can be suitably addressed using qualitative reasoning techniques, it is helpful to have a summary of what application oriented work has been done to date. This helps to provide a picture of the application areas in which the techniques are being applied, and who is working in each application domain. In this paper, we summarize over 40 relevant projects.

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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 181 - 204
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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