A machine learning approach for tracing regulatory codes to product specific requirements

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 155-164

  Cleland Huang, Jane ^a   Czauderna, Adam ^a   Gibiec, Marek ^a   Emenecker, John ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

regulatory compliance; requirements classification; traceability

Indexed keywords

AFTER-THE-FACT; DATA SETS; FAN-OUT; MACHINE-LEARNING; MANUAL TRACING; REFACTORINGS; REGULATORY STANDARDS; REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS; RETRIEVAL METHODS; SECURITY REGULATIONS; SOFTWARE INTENSIVE SYSTEMS; TWO MACHINES; WEBMINING;

HEALTH INSURANCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77954755668     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1806799.1806825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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