Disputes routinely arise in construction projects, and they have major cost and schedule
impacts. Therefore, they need to be either prevented effectively by proper contract and …

This study presents and approach to measure the levels of acute stress in humans by
analysing their behavioral patterns when interacting with technological devices. We study …

Abstract Negotiation Support Systems have traditionally modelled the process of
negotiation. They often rely on mathematical optimisation techniques and ignore heuristics …

The growing use of Information Technology in the commercial arena leads to an urgent
need to find alternatives to traditional dispute resolution. New tools from fields such as …

There is an ongoing debate in law and accounting about the relative merits of principle-
based versus rule-based regulatory systems. In this paper we characterize what kind of …

Heuristics in Argumentation: A Game-Theorical Investigation Page 1 Introduction Outline
Dialectical setting Game-theorical model Preference specifications Conclusion Heuristics in …

It is generally acknowledged that construction disputes are inevitable, highly complicated
and may become destructive in construction projects. Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications …

This book brings together the expertise of two authors involved in initiating the development
of Online Family Dispute Resolution (OFDR), while also examining the unique Australian …

When contracting through software agents, disputes will inevitably arise. Thus there is an
urgent need to find alternatives to litigation for resolving conflicts. Methods of Online Dispute …

This paper analyses the multi-level network composed of the legal decisions taken by the
International Criminal Court (ICC) since its creation in 2002. As many real-world networks …