Fuzzy support systems for discretionary judicial decision making

Abstract

Judicial decision making is a very complex decision process because of the variability, flexibility and discretion that characterize it and the numerous factors affecting the results. To aid sentencing decision making, we propose an Intelligent Decision Making Support System based on case based reasoning and fuzzy logic. As an example, in this paper we present a system for abandonment assessment in divorce cases, developed at the Intelligent Systems Laboratory of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.