An iterative precision vector to optimise the CBR adaptation of EquiVox

•We developed a Case-Based Reasoning system for Health Science (CBR-HS) which is able to create prototypes of human lungs.•A generic method was defined to use interpolation tools during the CBR adaptation phase.•The method was designed to optimise the accuracy of interpolations.•The CBR capitalisation and revision phases are also affected by this generic method.•The method applicability was verified with the CBR-HS EquiVox.

The case-based reasoning (CBR) approach consists in retrieving solutions from similar past problems and adapting them to new ones. Interpolation tools can easily be used as adaptation tools in CBR systems. The accuracies of interpolated results depend on the set of known solved problems with which the interpolation tools have previously been trained. To be sufficiently accurate, an interpolation tool must be trained with a large number of known cases. However, CBR systems are also relevant if the number of known cases is restricted. In addition, the training of interpolation tools is generally seen by users as a black box. This paper presents a generic method to optimise CBR adaptations driven by trained interpolation tools and also takes into account remarks made by users about known solution accuracy. This method was applied to the CBR system called EquiVox which retrieves, reuses (interpolates), revises and retains three-dimensional numerical representations of organ contours and thus enhances its own performance.