JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 9(9): 1073-1095, doi: 10.3217/jucs-009-09-1073
Modeling and Comparing Farm Maps using Graphs and Case-based Reasoning
Florence Le Ber‡, Amedeo Napoli§, Jean-Luc Metzger|, Sylvie Lardon¶‡ ENGEES, France and LORIA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France§ LORIA UMR 7503, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France| LORIA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France¶ ENGREF, Aubiere, France
Corresponding author: Florence Ber ( fleber@engees.u-strasbg.fr ) © Florence Ber, Amedeo Napoli, Jean-Luc Metzger, Sylvie Lardon. This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License. Citation:
Ber FL, Napoli A, Metzger J-L, Lardon S (2003) Modeling and Comparing Farm Maps using Graphs and Case-based Reasoning. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 9(9): 1073-1095. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-009-09-1073 |  |
Abstract
In this paper, we present the knowledgebased system rosa working on spatial and functional organizations in agriculture. The reasoning in rosa combines hierarchical classification, case-based reasoning, and qualitative spatial reasoning. The goal of the system is twofold: formalizing and building a case base holding on farm spatial and functional organizations, and helping the analysis of new cases. Domain knowledge and cases are modeled with the help of the so-called spatial organization graphs (sogs), and represented within a description logic system. Hierarchical case-based reasoning, involving classification and qualitative spatial reasoning, is used to compare and explain farm spatial structures modeled by sogs. An example of case retrieval is proposed, followed by a global discussion on casebased reasoning in the rosa system and related work.
Keywords
case-based reasoning, hierarchical classification, graphs, description logics, spatial structure analysis, agronomy