A Method of Case Retrieval for Web-based Remote Customization Platform

A web-based remote customization platform is developed for hardware product in this paper. To realize the rapid product customization, a case-based reasoning approach based on fuzzy set is put forward. To retrieve the most similar case from the case base, a parabola membership function is constructed based on the fuzzy set, and synthesis weights are introduced by combining subjective weights with objective weights which are calculated based on the deviation information of similarity. Then the model for solving cases' global similarity is set up based on synthesis weights. To improve the accuracy of the similarity measurement, center distance revision method based on area is presented for the Bi-interval type which is one of fuzzy numeric attribute. Implementation example applying above methods is given in the area of electric drill customization. Results show that the presented approach helps to improve the accuracy of the similarity of the case product, and reduce the time and cost of product design process.