Automatically classifying case texts and predicting outcomes

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-165

  Ashley, Kevin D ^a   Brüninghaus, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Classifying case texts; Predicting case outcomes

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFYING CASE TEXTS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; EXTRACTING INFORMATION; LEGAL CASE; LEGAL PROBLEMS; PREDICTING CASE OUTCOMES; PREDICTING OUTCOMES; TEXT CLASSIFICATION; TEXTUAL DESCRIPTION; TRADE SECRETS;

TEXT PROCESSING;

CASE BASED REASONING;

EID: 67849135036     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: 15728382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10506-009-9077-9     Document Type: Article

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