Guidelines for snowballing in systematic literature studies and a replication in software engineering

C Wohlin - Proceedings of the 18th international conference on …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Background: Systematic literature studies have become common in software engineering,
and hence it is important to understand how to conduct them efficiently and reliably …

A systematic review of systematic review process research in software engineering

B Kitchenham, P Brereton - Information and software technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Context Many researchers adopting systematic reviews (SRs) have also published papers
discussing problems with the SR methodology and suggestions for improving it. Since …

[HTML][HTML] Successful combination of database search and snowballing for identification of primary studies in systematic literature studies

C Wohlin, M Kalinowski, KR Felizardo… - Information and Software …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background: A good search strategy is essential for a successful systematic literature study.
Historically, database searches have been the norm, which was later complemented with …

Systematic literature studies: database searches vs. backward snowballing

S Jalali, C Wohlin - Proceedings of the ACM-IEEE international …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Systematic studies of the literature can be done in different ways. In particular, different
guidelines propose different first steps in their recommendations, eg start with search strings …

A systematic literature review on serious games evaluation: An application to software project management

A Calderón, M Ruiz - Computers & Education, 2015 - Elsevier
Training that future practitioners receive in software project management is a topic of great
importance. The objective of this systematic literature review is to summarize the current …

On the performance of hybrid search strategies for systematic literature reviews in software engineering

E Mourão, JF Pimentel, L Murta, M Kalinowski… - Information and software …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Context When conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), researchers
usually face the challenge of designing a search strategy that appropriately balances result …

Experiences from using snowballing and database searches in systematic literature studies

D Badampudi, C Wohlin, K Petersen - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Background: Systematic literature studies are commonly used in software engineering.
There are two main ways of conducting the searches for these type of studies; they are …

Managing the tension between opposing effects of explainability of artificial intelligence: a contingency theory perspective

B Abedin - Internet Research, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Research into the interpretability and explainability of data analytics and artificial
intelligence (AI) systems is on the rise. However, most recent studies either solely promote …

On the reliability of map** studies in software engineering

C Wohlin, P Runeson, PAMS Neto, E Engström… - Journal of Systems and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Systematic literature reviews and systematic map** studies are becoming
increasingly common in software engineering, and hence it becomes even more important …

A systematic literature review of techniques and metrics to reduce the cost of mutation testing

AV Pizzoleto, FC Ferrari, J Offutt, L Fernandes… - Journal of Systems and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Historically, researchers have proposed and applied many techniques to reduce the cost of
mutation testing. It has become difficult to find all techniques and to understand the cost …