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软件工程中系统性文献综述的更新时机

When to Update Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering

Emilia Mendes, Claes Wohlin, Katia Felizardo, Marcos Kalinowski

摘要:

系统文献综述(SLR)已经被软件工程(SE)社区采用了大约15年,以提供关于几个主题的有意义的证据摘要。这些SLR中的许多现在可能已经过时,并且对于何时更新SE中的SLR没有系统的建议。[目的]为SE患者的SLR更新提供建议。[方法]采用三步法对其他领域的第三方决策框架(3 PDF)进行评估,以确定是否需要更新SLR。首先,我们对SE中的SLR更新进行了文献综述,并联系了作者,以获得他们关于SE中SLR更新背景下3 PDF有用性的反馈。第二,我们使用这些作者的反馈,看看框架是否需要任何调整;没有建议。第三,我们将3 PDF应用于文献综述中确定的SLR更新。[结果] 3 PDF显示20台单反相机中有14台不需要更新。这支持使用决策支持机制(如3 PDF)来帮助SE社区决定何时更新SLR。[结论]我们建议SE社区采用3 PDF,以保持相关证据的最新性,避免不必要的更新浪费精力。

英文摘要:

[Context] Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) have been adopted by the Software Engineering (SE) community for approximately 15 years to provide meaningful summaries of evidence on several topics. Many of these SLRs are now potentially outdated, and there are no systematic proposals on when to update SLRs in SE. [Objective] The goal of this paper is to provide recommendations on when to update SLRs in SE. [Method] We evaluated, using a three-step approach, a third-party decision framework (3PDF) employed in other fields, to decide whether SLRs need updating. First, we conducted a literature review of SLR updates in SE and contacted the authors to obtain their feedback relating to the usefulness of the 3PDF within the context of SLR updates in SE. Second, we used these authors feedback to see whether the framework needed any adaptation; none was suggested. Third, we applied the 3PDF to the SLR updates identified in our literature review. [Results] The 3PDF showed that 14 of the 20 SLRs did not need updating. This supports the use of a decision support mechanism (such as the 3PDF) to help the SE community decide when to update SLRs. [Conclusions] We put forward that the 3PDF should be adopted by the SE community to keep relevant evidence up to date and to avoid wasting effort with unnecessary updates.

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