论文标题
何时更新软件工程中的系统文献评论
When to Update Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering
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论文摘要
[上下文]软件工程（SE）社区已采用了大约15年的系统文献评论（SLR），以提供有关几个主题的有意义的证据摘要。这些SLR中的许多现在可能已经过时了，并且何时在SE中更新SLR没有系统的建议。 [目标]本文的目的是提供有关何时更新SE中SLR的建议。 [方法]我们使用三步方法进行了评估，即其他领域中使用的第三方决策框架（3PDF），以决定SLR是否需要更新。首先，我们对SE中的SLR更新进行了文献综述，并联系了作者，以获取与SLR更新中3PDF的有用性有关的反馈。其次，我们使用了这些作者的反馈来查看该框架是否需要任何适应性。没有建议。第三，我们将3PDF应用于文献综述中确定的SLR更新。 [结果] 3PDF显示20个SLR中的14个不需要更新。这支持使用决策支持机制（例如3PDF）来帮助SE社区决定何时更新SLR。 [结论]我们提出，SE社区应采用3PDF，以使相关证据保持最新，并避免浪费不必要的更新。
[Context] Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) have been adopted by the Software Engineering (SE) community for approximately 15 years to provide meaningful summaries of evidence on several topics. Many of these SLRs are now potentially outdated, and there are no systematic proposals on when to update SLRs in SE. [Objective] The goal of this paper is to provide recommendations on when to update SLRs in SE. [Method] We evaluated, using a three-step approach, a third-party decision framework (3PDF) employed in other fields, to decide whether SLRs need updating. First, we conducted a literature review of SLR updates in SE and contacted the authors to obtain their feedback relating to the usefulness of the 3PDF within the context of SLR updates in SE. Second, we used these authors feedback to see whether the framework needed any adaptation; none was suggested. Third, we applied the 3PDF to the SLR updates identified in our literature review. [Results] The 3PDF showed that 14 of the 20 SLRs did not need updating. This supports the use of a decision support mechanism (such as the 3PDF) to help the SE community decide when to update SLRs. [Conclusions] We put forward that the 3PDF should be adopted by the SE community to keep relevant evidence up to date and to avoid wasting effort with unnecessary updates.
