Guidelines for conducting systematic mapping studies in software engineering: An update

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  Petersen, Kai ^a   Vakkalanka, Sairam ^a   Kuzniarz, Ludwik ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Software engineering; Systematic mapping studies

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

GUIDELINES; MAPPING STUDIES; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC MAPPING; SYSTEMATIC MAPPING STUDIES; SYSTEMATIC MAPS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 84929464206     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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