The policy continuum-Policy authoring and conflict analysis

Computer Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2981-2995

  Davy, Steven ^a   Jennings, Brendan ^a   Strassner, John ^b  

^a South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict analysis; Policy continuum; Policy based management

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; INFORMATION THEORY; MODAL ANALYSIS; PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

(PL) PROPERTIES; (R ,S ,S) POLICY; APPLICATION-SPECIFIC; AUTHORING PROCESSES; AUTONOMIC NETWORKING; CONFLICT ANALYSIS; CONTINUUM MODELING; ELSEVIER (CO); FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS; HIERARCHICAL POLICY; INFORMATION MODELLING; OPERATIONAL SEMANTICS; PHASE CONFLICT; POLICY CONFLICT ANALYSIS; POLICY-BASED MANAGEMENT (PBM); POTENTIAL CONFLICTS; TWO PHASE ALGORITHMS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 48049090692     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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