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| Author(s): |
Rafael Messias Martins
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) |
| Defense date: | 2011-04-11 |
| Examining board members: |
José Carlos Maldonado;
Sandra Camargo Pinto Ferraz Fabbri;
Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes
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| Advisor: | José Carlos Maldonado |
| Abstract | |
The increasing adoption of the experimental paradigm in Software Engineering research aims at obtaining experimental evidence of the proposed technologies to ensure their proper evaluation and to build a solid body of knowledge for the discipline. One approach of experimental research is the systematic review, a rigorous, auditable and planned method to carry out the collection and analysis of experimental data available on a particular research topic. Despite producing reliable results, conducting a systematic review can be a cumbersome and often lengthy process, especially when a large volume of studies is to be considered, selected and evaluated. One solution found in the literature is the use of Visual Text Mining (VTM) tools such as the Projection Explorer (PEx) to support the selection and analysis of primary studies in the systematic review process. In this work a software re-engineering was performed on PEx with two main goals: to support, using VTM, the stage of selection and analysis of primary studies in the systematic review process and to implement new non-functional requirements related to improving the maintainability and scalability of the tool. The results were the building of a modular platform for instantiating visualization tools and, from it, the instantiation of a systematic review tool supported by VTM. The results of a case study carried out with the tool showed that the VTM approach used in this context is feasible and promising, improving both performance and the effectiveness of selection (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/02024-6 - PEx tool evolution to support systematic review |
| Grantee: | Rafael Messias Martins |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |