Citation analysis: An approach for facilitating the understanding and the analysis of regulatory compliance documents

ITNG 2009 - 6th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 278-283

  Hamdaqa, Mohammad ^a   Hamou Lhadj, Abdelwahab ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Citation graphs; Compliance management; Regulatory compliance

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; CITATION GRAPHS; COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT; SMALL COMPANIES; TOOL SUPPORT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 77951100986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITNG.2009.161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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