Title: Automatic laptop purchase system based on case base reasoning technique

Authors: Aman Tyagi; Namit Khanduja

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, India ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, India

Abstract: Laptop market is booming once again. Demand of laptops is increasing very fast due to COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns at many places. Moreover, trend for work from home, online classes and e-business are very common these days. People in many underdeveloped/developing countries are facing the problem in selecting new laptop due to lack of technical knowledge. The problem is more complex because of lot of varieties/brands are available in the market. There is a need of extensive research in this area. In the present work, a case base reasoning (CBR) method is proposed to address the problem of customers to select suitable laptop according to their requirements within their budget. CBR methodology helps in decision making of selection of laptop automatically. Two methods are also developed to update the recent technologies model in the database and also store the feedback from customers about their previous laptops.

Keywords: case base reasoning; CBR system; decision support system; knowledge base; laptop purchase decision.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBFMI.2025.145274

International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence, 2025 Vol.10 No.2, pp.165 - 184

Received: 14 Jul 2023
Accepted: 17 Jul 2023
Published online: 31 Mar 2025 *

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