The application of judicial intelligence and 'rules' to systems supporting discretionary judicial decision-making

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 6, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 203-230

  Tata, Cyrus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DISCRETIONARY JUDICIAL DECISION MAKING; JUDICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0032317610     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008274209036     Document Type: Article

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