This volume presents papers selected from the proceedings of the 1st European Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning, held at Kaiserslautern, Germany in November 1993. The concept of case-based reasoning is related to machine learning, cognitive modelling, analogical reasoning and information retrieval.

Understanding creativity: A case-based approach.- Analogical asides on case-based reasoning.- PRODILOGY/ANALOGY: Analogical reasoning in general problem solving.- A knowledge level model of knowledge-based reasoning.- Learning prediction of time series. A theoretical and empirical comparison of CBR with some other approaches.- Case-based and symbolic classification.- A Similarity metric for retrieval of cases imperfectly explained.- Similarity measures for structured representations.- A rule-based similarity measure.- An underlying memory model to support case retrieval.- Massively parallel case-based reasoning with probabilistic similarity metrics.- Similarity evaluation between observed behaviours for the prediction of processes.- Using k-d trees to improve the retrieval step in case-based reasoning.- Explanation-based similarity: A unifying approach for integrating domain knowledge into case-based reasoning for diagnosis and planning tasks.- Structural similarity as guidance in case-based design.- Retrieving adaptable cases.- Adaptation through interpolation for time-critical case-based reasoning.- Knowledge engineering requirements in derivational analogy.- Incorporating (Re)-interpretation in case-based reasoning.- PBL: Prototype-based learning algorithm.- Explanation-driven case-based reasoning.- A reflective architecture for integrated memory-based learning and reasoning.- A hybrid knowledge-based system for technical diagnosis learning and assistance.- Tuning rules by cases.- Using case-based reasoning to focus model-based diagnostic problem solving.- A logical representation for relevance criteria.- Multiple explanation patterns.- The application of case-based reasoning to the tasks of health care planning.- A priori selection of mesh densities for adaptive finite element analysis, using a case-based reasoning approach.- Integrating semantic structure and technical documentation in case-based service support Systems.- Case-based information retrieval.- Case-based reasoning for network management.- Case-based reasoning in a simulation environment for biological neural networks.- Integrated case-based building design.- Case-deliverer: Making cases relevant to the task at hand.- A first study on case-based planning in organic synthesis.