Multidimensional text analysis for eRulemaking

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 151, Issue , 2006, Pages 157-166

  Kwon, Namhee ^a   Shulman, Stuart W ^b   Hovy, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument structure; Electronic rulemaking; Federal government; Regulations; Semantic frame; Text annotation

Indexed keywords

ARGUMENT STRUCTURE; ERULEMAKING; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; RULE-WRITERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MERCURY (METAL); REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SEMANTICS; TEXT PROCESSING;

LOGIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34250698427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1146598.1146649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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