SLR Template
SLR Template
1. Introduction
achine Learning (ML) isaneffectivetooltounderstandandadvance<yourtopic>.However,
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theknowledgethatunderliesthebestpracticesinapplyingAIandMLmodelsto<yourtopic>,is
eitherscatteredthroughouttheliteratureornotup-to-date.Thispaperpresentstheresultsofa
systematic literature review (SLR) to organize the empirical research in this domain.
<describe the problem statement here, and highlight the gap in knowledge>
ection2presentsconceptsabout…<yourtopic>..andrelatedwork;Section3describesthe
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researchmethodused;Section4presentstheresultsoftheSLR;Section5discussesthemain
findings of the study and their implications; and Section6presentsfinalremarksofthepaper
and suggestions for future directions of research in<your topic>.
2. Methods
he Systematic Literature Review (SLR) in this study is a form of analytic study that uses a
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structuredmethodologytoidentify,analyze,andinterpretalltheavailableapproachesrelatedto
a specific research question in a way that is unbiased and repeatable.
ur review covers the time frame from YEAR until YEAR, and classifies Arabic Calligraphy
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systems and prototypes based on the contextinwhichtheyareapplied,andthematurityand
robustnessofthesystemswhenusedasproducts.With###papersreviewed,##thatmetthe
review requirements were included and ## were excluded.
ach phaseiscomposedofanumberofsimplerphases.Thestartingpointforthissystematic
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review was a review protocol that specified research questions being addressed and the
methods that were employed in the body of literature for<your topic>.
2.1. Planning the review
his phase involves identifying the objectives of performing this SLR, which is to give
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researchers a clear and objective view of the current state of research on <your topic> and
<related tech>.
Q1:
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RQ2:
RQ3:
RQ1 attempts to measure the increase/decrease in research activity related to the <topic>
Q2 aims to identify which domains/disciplines are more active in this research area.
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odefinethesearchstring,weselectedasetofkeywordsfromstudiesabout<yourtopic>and
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matched them with our research questions. We also established synonyms and alternative
spellings and optimized the keywords iteratively. We tested the set of keywords in different
databases and refined it. Using Boolean operators to connect the keywords, we defined the
following search string:
<SEARCH String>
2.2. Conducting the review
asedontheabovereviewprotocol,weconductedthereviewprocessusingthefollowingsteps
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illustrated in Figure 1.
ur searchstrategyincludedthefollowingprocedures:(i)searchingandextractingthestudies
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usingthesearchstring,andpublishedfromYEARtoYEAR,gatheredfromdifferentdatabases;
(ii) eliminating the duplicate studies; (iii) filtering publications by title, keywords, and abstract
analysis using inclusion and exclusion criteria; (iv) reading the selected papers;(v)extracting
data; and (vi) synthesizing the results.
3. Results
ur results included an analysis of ## primary studies, selected from an initial set of ###.
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<sample text> The review results show that researchinterestinthisfieldisrapidlygrowingin
theliterature.Topicssuchas<listsub-topics> werethemostinvestigatedin<yourtopic>,fewer
studiesfocusedon<sub-topicsthatwereexploredtheleast>and<sub-topicthatwasexplored
most> was the mostly discussed approach/technology in the literature. Future directions for
researchanddevelopmentof<yourtopic>andimplicationsforthedesignofAIin<yourtopic>in
general are discussed.
4. Discussion
he SLR presented significant findings that delineate how the proposals of methods,
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techniques, processes, and approaches to support <your topic> has progressed in the last
decade. In this discussion, we highlight the significance of the main findings identified,
comparing the evolution of the field, primary contributions,andresearchdirectionstoaddress
gaps identified.
4.3 ..others?
5. Conclusion
urther research with more robust and adequately powered study designs that consider
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cost-effectiveness and increased efficiency is needed. This systematic review highlights the
extent of technology utilization for screening and interventions for<your topic>
References
[ 1] Christopher Marshall, Pearl Brereton, and Barbara Kitchenham. 2014. Tools to support
systematic reviews in software engineering: a feature analysis. In Proceedings of the 18th
International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE '14). ACM,
New York, NY, USA, , Article 13 , 10 pages. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2601248.2601270
[ 2] Barbara A. Kitchenham, Tore Dyba, and Magne Jorgensen. 2004. Evidence-Based Software
Engineering.InProceedingsofthe26thInternationalConferenceonSoftwareEngineering(ICSE'04).
IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, 273-281.
[ 4] Ronnie E. S. Santos, Cleyton V. C. de Magalhães, and Fabio Q. B. da Silva. 2014. The use of
systematic reviews in evidence based software engineering: a systematic mapping study. In
Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and
Measurement (ESEM '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 53 , 4 pages.
DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2652524.2652553