Building a Web Advisor for Integrated Protection

Basic issues to be addressed in a project aimed at developing a web-based advisor for integrated plant protection which uses Case-Based Reasoning techniques are described and discussed. The integrated protection problem and the decision making process underlying the problem solving are analyzed. Some of the critical aspects in applying case-based reasoning techniques to support this decision making problem are discussed. Two more issues, dealing mainly with methodological aspects, are mentioned: system requirement specifications and maintenance problems