There have been a number of attempts to use artificial intelligence techniques in the legal realm. Traditionally, researchers have tried to model either statutory laws (e.g., an expert system that determines whether a law has been broken), or to codify case law (precedent) in an effort to model legal reasoning (e.g., what precedent would apply to [...]

Working in RePast has not been terribly complex so long as I stay in the built-in environment (something very similar to remaining strictly in Processing). However, once I try to move RePast fully into Java, problems constantly arise. The following is an overall summary of all my work to dates, together with notes on issues. Research – [...]

I have been working regularly with Repast (repast.sourceforge.net) but I am continuing to have difficulties in using it in a “pure” Java mode. I was fortunate to be able to arrange a conference call among the lead developer, Michael North, and Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Dan Shiffman. It was recommended that I focus on the “ReLogo” [...]