Abstract
Computer users have been facing a progressively serious problem, namely, how to efficiently manage computer files so as to not only facilitate themselves to use the files, but also save the scare storage resource. Although there are a lot of file management systems available so far, none of them, to the best of our knowledge, can automatically address the deletion/preservation problem of files. To fill this gap, this study explores the value of artificial intelligence techniques in file management. Specifically, this paper develops an intelligent agent based personal file management system, where Case Based Reasoning (CBR) is employed to guide file deletion and preservation. Through some practical experiments, we validate the effectiveness and efficiency of the developed file management system.