Assessing expert system-assisted literature reviews with a case study

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Highlights:

• First paper reporting a literature review assisted by FAST2.

• FAST2 saved 50 man-hours of human effort while missing 10% relevant papers.

• The missing papers do not change the conclusions of the literature review.

• FAST2 imposed a bias onto the distribution of the included papers.

• The literature review process was scripted online for reproduction and experiments.

摘要

•First paper reporting a literature review assisted by FAST2.•FAST2 saved 50 man-hours of human effort while missing 10% relevant papers.•The missing papers do not change the conclusions of the literature review.•FAST2 imposed a bias onto the distribution of the included papers.•The literature review process was scripted online for reproduction and experiments.

论文关键词:Systematic literature review,Expert systems,Software engineering,Active learning,Primary study selection,Test case prioritization

论文评审过程:Received 3 May 2020, Revised 10 October 2020, Accepted 19 March 2022, Available online 1 April 2022, Version of Record 7 April 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.116958