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Case-Based Knowledge and Planning

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  • Itzhak Gilboa
  • David Schmeidler

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"Case-Based Decision Theory" is a theory of decision making under uncertainty, suggesting that people tend to choose acts that performed well in similar cases they recall. The theory has been developed from a decision-/game-/economic-theoretical point of view, as a potential alternative to expected utility theory. In this paper we attempt to re-consider CBDT as a theory of knowledge representation and of planning, to contrast it with the rule-based approach, and to study its implications regarding the process of induction.

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  • Itzhak Gilboa & David Schmeidler, 1995. "Case-Based Knowledge and Planning," Discussion Papers 1127, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
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    1. Itzhak Gilboa & David Schmeidler, 1995. "Case-Based Decision Theory," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 110(3), pages 605-639.
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