Recent Case-Based Reasoning research has begun to refocus attention on the problem of automatic adaptation of the retrieved
case to give a fuller solution to the new problem. Such work has highlighted problems with the usefulness of similarity assessment
of cases where adaptation is involved. As a response to this, methods of case selection are evolving that take adaptation
into account. This current work looks more closely at the relationship between selection and adaptation. It considers experimental
evidence considering adaptation of multiple cases for one problem. It argues that selection of the best case after adaptation
will often make more efficient use of case knowledge than any attempt to pre-select a single case for adaptation.