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Author Vallbé, Joan Josep, author.

Title Frameworks for modeling cognition and decisions in institutional environments : a data-driven approach / Joan-Josep Vallbé
Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 232 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Law, Governance and Technology Series, 2352-1902 ; volume 21
Law, governance and technology series ; v. 21. 2352-1902
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Decision-Making in Spanish Courts; 1.1.1 On Call; 1.2 Related Work; 1.3 A Decision-Support System; 1.4 Expert Decision-Making Within Organizations; 1.5 The Book; 1.5.1 Hypotheses and Basic Assumptions; 1.5.2 Structure; 1.5.3 Replication Materials; References; Part I Foundations; Chapter 2 Decisions and Organizations; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Decisions and Organizations: A Classification; 2.3 Rational Choice Theories; 2.3.1 Foundations
2.3.2 Institutions Constrain Perfectly Rational Decisions2.3.3 Institutions Enhance Perfectly Rational Decisions; 2.3.4 Discussion; 2.4 Political Theories of Bounded Rationality; 2.4.1 Foundations; 2.4.2 Institutions Constrain Boundedly Rational Decisions; 2.4.3 Institutions Enhance Boundedly Rational Decisions; 2.4.3.1 Bureaucracy; 2.4.3.2 Group Decision-Making; 2.4.3.3 Judicial Settings; 2.4.3.4 Elections; 2.4.3.5 International Relations; 2.4.4 Discussion; 2.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3 Bounded Rationality and Organizations; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Inner Environment of Decisions
3.2.1 Bounded vs. Omniscient Rationality3.2.1.1 Concept Attainment and Categorization; 3.2.1.2 Storing and Processing Information; 3.2.1.3 Natural Language Processing; 3.2.2 Satisficing Rationality vs. Optimizing Rationality; 3.2.2.1 Preference Reversal; 3.2.2.2 Satisficing as a Trigger for Search; 3.2.3 Procedural Rationality vs. Substantive Rationality; 3.2.3.1 Procedural Rationality in Organizations; 3.2.3.2 A Computer Model of the Mind; 3.2.3.3 Task Environment and Problem Space; 3.2.3.4 LTM and Information-rich Domains; 3.2.4 Concluding Remarks: The Limits that Shape Rationality
3.3 The External Environment of Decisions3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 The Bottleneck of Attention; 3.3.3 Conflict in Organizations; 3.3.4 Routines and Programmed Responses; 3.3.5 Uncertainty; 3.3.6 Expertise; 3.4 Elements for an Organizational Decision Analysis; References; Part II Data Analysis; Chapter 4 Empirical Context; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Spanish Judicial System; 4.2.1 The Spanish Legal System; 4.2.2 Organization of the Spanish Judicial System; 4.2.2.1 Structure; 4.2.2.2 Access to the Judicial Professional Career; 4.2.3 Courts of First Instance and Magistrate
4.2.3.1 Distribution and Basic Functions4.2.3.2 The Court Office; 4.2.4 The On-Call Service; 4.3 Survey Data; 4.4 Who Are Spanish Junior Judges?; 4.4.1 Demographics; 4.4.2 Education and Professional Experience; 4.4.3 Professional Integration; 4.4.4 Interprofessional Interaction; 4.4.5 Quality of Life; 4.5 Aggregated and Individual Sources of Uncertainty; References; Chapter 5 Representing Organizational Uncertainty; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Data; 5.2.1 Corpora; 5.2.2 Text as Data; 5.2.3 Data Preparation; 5.3 On-Call Service as a Professional Problem (Hypothesis 1)
Summary This book deals with the theoretical, methodological, and empirical implications of bounded rationality in the operation of institutions. It focuses on decisions made under uncertainty, and presents a reliable strategy of knowledge acquisition for the design and implementation of decision-support systems. Based on the distinction between the inner and outer environment of decisions, the book explores both the cognitive mechanisms at work when actors decide, and the institutional mechanisms existing among and within organizations that make decisions fairly predictable. While a great deal of w
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 1, 2014)
Subject Judicial process -- Spain
Judicial process -- Statistical methods
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Judicial process
Spain.
Judicial power.
Decision-making.
Legal reasoning.
Information and communication technology.
Legal data processing.
National courts.
Spain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789401794275
9401794278