Journals

Volume 90, No. 4, April 2008

Freedom to Experiment: Toward a Concept of Inventor Welfare – Rudolph J.R. Peritz Independent Invention As A Defense To Patent Infringement – Samson Vermont An Independent Invention Defense to Patent Infringement: The Academy Talking to Itself: Should Anyone Listen? – Roger Milgrim Less "Gotcha": A Response to Milgrim – Samson Vermont A Reply to A Response – Roger [...]

A multi-agent legal recommender system

Abstract  Infonorma is a multi-agent system that provides its users with recommendations of legal normative instruments they might be
interested in. The Filter agent of Infonorma classifies normative instruments represented as Semantic Web documents into legal
branches and performs content-based similarity analysis. This agent, as well as the entire Infonorma system, was modeled under
the guidelines of MAAEM, a software development methodology for multi-agent application engineering. This article describes
the Infonorma requirements specification, the architectural design solution for those requirements, the detailed design of
the Filter agent and the implementation model of Infonorma, according to the guidelines of the MAAEM methodology.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • DOI 10.1007/s10506-008-9062-8
  • Authors
    • Lucas Drumond, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) Departamento de Informática 65085-580 Sao Luis MA Brazil
    • Rosario Girardi, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) Departamento de Informática 65085-580 Sao Luis MA Brazil


A computational framework for institutional agency

Abstract  This paper provides a computational framework, based on defeasible logic, to capture some aspects of institutional agency.
Our background is Kanger-Lindahl-Pörn account of organised interaction, which describes this interaction within a multi-modal
logical setting. This work focuses in particular on the notions of counts-as link and on those of attempt and of personal
and direct action to realise states of affairs. We show how standard defeasible logic (DL) can be extended to represent these
concepts: the resulting system preserves some basic properties commonly attributed to them. In addition, the framework enjoys
nice computational properties, as it turns out that the extension of any theory can be computed in time linear to the size
of the theory itself.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • DOI 10.1007/s10506-007-9056-y
  • Authors
    • Guido Governatori, The University of Queensland School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
    • Antonino Rotolo, University of Bologna CIRSFID, Law Faculty Via Galliera, 3 Bologna 40121 Italy

Detecting Lies in Children and Adults

Detecting Lies in Children and Adults

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • DOI 10.1007/s10979-007-9124-6
  • Authors
    • Robin S. Edelstein, University of California Irvine CA USA
    • Tanya L. Luten, University of California Department of Psychology 1 Shields Avenue Davis CA USA
    • Paul Ekman, University of California San Francisco CA USA
    • Gail S. Goodman, University of California Department of Psychology 1 Shields Avenue Davis CA USA
    • Journal Law and Human Behavior
    • Online ISSN 1573-661X
    • Print ISSN

Preface

Preface

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Preface
  • DOI 10.1007/s10506-008-9061-9
  • Authors
    • Rossella Rubino, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna CIRSFID Via Galliera, 3 40121 Bologna Italy
    • Giovanni Sartor, European University Institute Badia Fiesolana, Via dei Roccettini 9, San Domenico di Fiesole 50016 Florence Italy


Volume 90, No. 3, March 2008

How to Get Patent Protection in Europe? – Marco T. Connor and Lin YasongThe Patent Office Meets the Poison Pill: Why Legal Methods Cannot Be Patented – Andrew A. SchwartsWell-known Marks Doctrine: Where Do We Go From Here? – Tashia A. Bunch
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