Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A systematic literature review

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Kitchenham, Barbara ^a   Pearl Brereton, O ^a   Budgen, David ^b   Turner, Mark ^a   Bailey, John ^b   Linkman, Stephen ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost estimation; Evidence based software engineering; Systematic literature review; Systematic review quality; Tertiary study

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COST ESTIMATION; EVIDENCE-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW QUALITY; TERTIARY STUDY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 56649086628     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2008.09.009     Document Type: Review

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