Information processing and jury decisionmaking

On the Design of Information-Processing and Decisionmaking Organizations

An effectiveness measure for comparing alternative organizational structures is derived and then applied to the evaluation of two three-person organizations. The modeling and analysis of the organizations is carried out using an information theoretic framework in which decisionmakers are described by a two-stage model consisting of a situation assessment and a response selection stage. The tota...

Jury Simulation: The Impact of Judge's Instructions and Attorney Tactics on Decisionmaking

Information Aggregation, Rationality, and the Condorcet Jury Theorem

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On the practical implication of mutual information for statistical decisionmaking

A theorem characterizing fractional Brownian motion by Index Terms -Wavelet transform, fractional Brownian motion.the covariance structure of its wavelet transform is established.

Improving the Jury System: Reducing Jury Size

Within the last several years there has been increasing concern over the rising costs of California's legal system. Many within and outside of the legal community have focused their attention on the issues of caseload volume, delay and congestion within California courts as a result of the rising number of civil and criminal cases. These mounting concerns have spawned a growing movement for cou...