INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR A RATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF COURT CASES
Purpose of the work. The quality of court decisions can be improved by applying a package of ‘analytical jurisprudence’ tools involving the creation of generic models for resolving disputes. These models being the basis for a court decision should unambiguously define both the subject matter of the dispute and the facts to be proven. Before applying the models of this type we presented a model implementing the distribution of court cases in the courts of first instance. The process of creating a computer program performing computations within the framework of this mathematical model is considered in the paper. Method used. The model is based on the method of fuzzy sets. Mathematic calculations using matrices are most conveniently implemented in a table editor. In this case Microsoft Excel is used. The error of expert estimates that provide the completeness of information in the statement of the problem will be further smoothed by minimax calculations which can also be conveniently performed without going beyond the capabilities of the table editor. Results obtained. Calculations using matrices of sufficiently large size provide reliable results understandable even by users without special mathematical training. The load on the judicial system is optimised by reducing the time spent on management procedures, the length of court proceedings, the time necessary for preparation and execution of court documents, i. e. as a result of modernisation of the information infrastructure of justice.