In this paper, we propose a two-stage approach for predicting a trips destination by clustering geocoordinates and leveraging incremental learning and contextual rule-based methods for the prediction of end destinations. The proposed approach dynamically adapts to users change in behavior and is resilient against concept drift. Using this solution, 76.39%...
The data file contains federal criminal cases as observations and case attribute variables. This data file is the basis for the article Discretion and Disparity in Federal Detention, 115 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1261 (2021), available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol115/iss5/1/. This data file is created with data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission...
Readme for Federal Circuit data file created by Melissa F. Wasserman and Jonathan D. Slack. The data file contains Federal Circuit opinions in each row and case/opinion attributes on the columns. The data file covers opinions issued from 10.13.2004 through 1.30.2018. This data file is the basis for the article...
This report shows that compensation plans have not met the needs of victims of nuclear disasters for three primary reasons: compensation plans have been devised by unelected officials and without full public knowledge or participation, governments have often capped the liability of the owners of nuclear facilities, which distorts cost-benefit...
This dissertation explores black litigation strategies, black legal culture, and the effect of black litigation on civil law. Not only did African Americans sue white southerners and white-owned companies for white-on-black violence under Jim Crow, they shared their collective legal knowledge through a network of black newspapers and contributed to...
Does the Russian Federation in the Putin-Medvedev era follow a grand strategy, and if so, what does it look like, and how can we discern the making of Russian grand strategy? However, Russian grand strategy is neither formally codified nor readily accessible, and it remains opaque at best. In this...