Graph Model Conflict Resolution Approach for Jordan River Basin Dispute

Fuzzy option prioritization for the graph model for conflict resolution

A fuzzy option prioritization technique is developed to efficiently model uncertain preferences of DMs in strategic conflicts as fuzzy preferences by using the decision makers’ (DMs’) fuzzy truth values of preference statements at feasible states within the framework of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution. The preference statements of a DM express desirable combinations of options or course...

Law, Culture, and Conflict: Dispute Resolution in Postwar Japan

A transactional-cycle approach to evidence management for dispute resolution

Dispute resolution, a necessary function in electronic commerce, must rely on evidence that includes mechanisms to ensure non-repudiation of actions by the participants. In open systems comprising computer networks, this ‘‘non-repudiation service’’ is one type of security service defined in the ISO/IEC standards. These, as well as other literature, have defined a system framework for such a ser...

“unconventional Supplies” and the Water Dispute among the Riparians of the Jordan River Watershed

Proposed resolutions to the Arab-Israeli water conflict that fail to consider the introduction of alternative freshwater sources in the not-too-distant future cannot be taken seriously. Each of three major forms of freshwater supply augmentation (the “unconventional supplies”) is likely to be implemented on a widespread basis in the region, thereby substantially altering the regional water bala...

Dispute Resolution for gTLD Conflicts

Efficient and equitable dispute resolution is key to avoiding systemic disturbance in the use and valorization of top level domain names (TLDs). Such dispute resolution is also important given the increasing number of clashes between TLD providers and managers and between trademark owners and generic (gTLD)-related registrants. ICANN policies/rules form the basis of gTLD-related second level do...