GEMS tabulation database design issues in relation to voting systems certification standards

EVT 2007 - 2007 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ryan, Thomas P ^a   Hoke, Candice ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VOTING MACHINES;

CERTIFICATION STANDARDS; DATABASE DESIGN; DATABASE DESIGN STANDARDS; ELECTION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE; PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE; REGULATORY STANDARDS; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY;

ELECTRONIC VOTING;

EID: 57449114683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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