01441nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001200043653001800055653002500073653001100098653001400109100002000123700002800143700002200171245012400193856009900317300001000416490000600426520076500432022001401197       2016                            d  c12/201610aCollaboration10aCase-Based Reasoning10aAgents10aDiagnosis1 aNoria Taghezout1 aFatima Zohra Benkaddour1 aBouabdellah Ascar00aNovel Agent Based-approach for Industrial Diagnosis: A Combined use Between Case-based Reasoning and Similarity Measure  uhttp://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/files/2016/11/ijimai20164_2_11_pdf_12710.pdf  a73-820 v43 aIn spunlace nonwovens industry, the maintenance task is very complex, it requires experts and operators collaboration. In this paper, we propose a new approach integrating an agent- based modelling with case-based reasoning that utilizes similarity measures and preferences module. The main purpose of our study is to compare and evaluate the most suitable similarity measure for our case. Furthermore, operators that are usually geographically dispersed, have to collaborate and negotiate to achieve mutual agreements, especially when their proposals (diagnosis) lead to a conflicting situation. The experimentation shows that the suggested agent-based approach is very interesting and efficient for operators and experts who collaborate in INOTIS enterprise.  a1989-1660