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

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wohlin, Claes ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Replication; Snowball search; Snowballing; Systematic literature review; Systematic mapping studies

Indexed keywords

SEARCH ENGINES;

REPLICATION; SNOWBALL SEARCH; SNOWBALLING; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC MAPPING STUDIES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84905448310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2601248.2601268     Document Type: Conference Paper

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