Repeatability of systematic literature reviews

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-55

  Kitchenham, B ^a   Brereton, P ^a   Li, Zhi ^b   Budgen, D ^c   Burn, A ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case Study; Repeatability; Systematic Literature Review

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEWS; REPEATABILITY; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SEARCH PROCESS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIT TESTING;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PAPER;

EID: 82955242432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic.2011.0006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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