eGanges: Pervasive Peacemaker

Abstract

The new generation shell, eGanges, designed for PDAs, is evaluated as a peace aid. Its interactive visualization of navigable, nested fishbones, called Rivers because of their tributary structure and flow, can represent the major deductive premises of rules, procedures, policies, causation or strategies (RPPCS). Minor deductive premises are collected from the user input through an interrogation system, and listed appropriately in adversarial case windows. Extended deductive processing plots the user's case through the nested River maps. Inductive and abductive clarification may be available to assist the user in the selection of a pathway. eGanges applications may also be pervasive