{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7135083216","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/clei67442.2025.11420758","title":"A Tertiary Study of Systematic Reviews on Machine Learning Techniques For Software Team Effort Estimation","display_name":"A Tertiary Study of Systematic Reviews on Machine Learning Techniques For Software Team Effort Estimation","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-10-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7135083216","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/clei67442.2025.11420758"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/clei67442.2025.11420758","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/clei67442.2025.11420758","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 LI Latin American Computer Conference (CLEI)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5128841687","display_name":"Wilamis Kleiton Silva","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210123235","display_name":"Centro de Estudos e Sistemas Avan\u00e7ados do Recife","ror":"https://ror.org/02t7xfd51","country_code":"BR","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210123235"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wilamis Kleiton Silva","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Engineering Center for Advanced Studies and Systems of Recife,Recife,Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Engineering Center for Advanced Studies and Systems of Recife,Recife,Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210123235"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5128872301","display_name":"Bernan Rodrigues Nascimento","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3121799822","display_name":"Universidade Federal do Piau\u00ed","ror":"https://ror.org/00kwnx126","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3121799822"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210127128","display_name":"Instituto Federal do Piau\u00ed","ror":"https://ror.org/033qmpy33","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210127128"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bernan Rodrigues Nascimento","raw_affiliation_strings":["Federal Institute of Piauí,Floriano,Piau\u00ed,Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Federal Institute of Piauí,Floriano,Piau\u00ed,Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210127128","https://openalex.org/I3121799822"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018015299","display_name":"Rafael Duarte","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3697-263X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210123235","display_name":"Centro de Estudos e Sistemas Avan\u00e7ados do Recife","ror":"https://ror.org/02t7xfd51","country_code":"BR","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210123235"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rafael Batista Duarte","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Engineering Center for Advanced Studies and Systems of Recife,Recife,Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Engineering Center for Advanced Studies and Systems of Recife,Recife,Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210123235"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5128860994","display_name":"Emanuel Peixoto Vicente","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210123235","display_name":"Centro de Estudos e Sistemas Avan\u00e7ados do Recife","ror":"https://ror.org/02t7xfd51","country_code":"BR","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210123235"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Emanuel Peixoto Vicente","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Engineering Center for Advanced Studies and Systems of Recife,Recife,Brazil"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Engineering Center for Advanced Studies and Systems of Recife,Recife,Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210123235"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.816988,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"10"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.7495999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.7495999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.18799999356269836,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11704","display_name":"Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing","score":0.006599999964237213,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systematic-review","display_name":"Systematic review","score":0.6007999777793884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.49869999289512634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/estimation","display_name":"Estimation","score":0.46799999475479126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.44350001215934753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.4074000120162964},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/meta-learning","display_name":"Meta learning (computer science)","score":0.3407999873161316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/identification","display_name":"Identification (biology)","score":0.33250001072883606}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6464999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189708586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1504425","display_name":"Systematic review","level":3,"score":0.6007999777793884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5570999979972839},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.5559999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.49869999289512634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C96250715","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965330","display_name":"Estimation","level":2,"score":0.46799999475479126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.44350001215934753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.4074000120162964},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.4016000032424927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781002164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6822311","display_name":"Meta learning (computer science)","level":3,"score":0.3407999873161316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.33970001339912415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116834253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2039217","display_name":"Identification (biology)","level":2,"score":0.33250001072883606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50644808","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192776","display_name":"Artificial neural network","level":2,"score":0.31139999628067017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.29490000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133462117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4929239","display_name":"Data collection","level":2,"score":0.28859999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780966255","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5474306","display_name":"Foundation (evidence)","level":2,"score":0.2849000096321106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984968299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077784","display_name":"Software tool","level":3,"score":0.28139999508857727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184356942","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830382","display_name":"Best practice","level":2,"score":0.2809000015258789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12267149","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282453","display_name":"Support vector machine","level":2,"score":0.26499998569488525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.2621000111103058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171981572","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7554239","display_name":"Software analytics","level":5,"score":0.2572000026702881}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/clei67442.2025.11420758","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/clei67442.2025.11420758","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 LI Latin American Computer Conference (CLEI)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5129734873771667,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":25,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1695350145","https://openalex.org/W1975675278","https://openalex.org/W2037664399","https://openalex.org/W2098741004","https://openalex.org/W2106956101","https://openalex.org/W2391474792","https://openalex.org/W2969661934","https://openalex.org/W2999958824","https://openalex.org/W3004098291","https://openalex.org/W3009691599","https://openalex.org/W3047556187","https://openalex.org/W3083583628","https://openalex.org/W3184530802","https://openalex.org/W3216525422","https://openalex.org/W4205378885","https://openalex.org/W4225279003","https://openalex.org/W4226199714","https://openalex.org/W4305072400","https://openalex.org/W4384345363","https://openalex.org/W4386523713","https://openalex.org/W4392188764","https://openalex.org/W4394605859","https://openalex.org/W4396555834","https://openalex.org/W4398249650","https://openalex.org/W4402436190"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Software":[0],"team":[1,186],"effort":[2,187],"estimation":[3,124],"is":[4],"essential":[5],"but":[6],"faces":[7],"challenges":[8,131],"due":[9],"to":[10,29,42,76],"the":[11,17,35,53,105,118,136,142,160],"dynamic":[12],"nature":[13],"of":[14,19,24,37,55,107,144,154],"projects":[15],"and":[16,31,49,71,90,93,114,141,182],"limitations":[18],"traditional":[20],"methods.":[21],"The":[22],"objective":[23],"this":[25,60],"tertiary":[26],"study":[27,79,174],"was":[28],"consolidate":[30],"analyze":[32],"evidence":[33],"on":[34,138],"use":[36],"machine":[38],"learning":[39],"(ML)":[40],"techniques":[41],"enhance":[43],"these":[44],"estimations,":[45],"providing":[46],"both":[47],"practical":[48],"theoretical":[50],"support":[51],"for":[52,97,122,162,179],"development":[54],"more":[56],"accurate":[57],"models.":[58],"For":[59],"purpose,":[61],"we":[62,103,158],"reviewed":[63],"systematic":[64,67],"studies":[65],"including":[66,135],"literature":[68],"reviews,":[69],"mappings,":[70],"surveys":[72],"published":[73],"from":[74],"2020":[75],"2024.":[77],"Our":[78],"contributes":[80],"by:":[81],"(i)":[82],"synthesizing":[83],"existing":[84],"evidence;":[85],"(ii)":[86],"identifying":[87],"challenges,":[88],"trends,":[89],"research":[91],"gaps;":[92],"(iii)":[94],"offering":[95],"recommendations":[96],"future":[98],"research.":[99],"Among":[100],"our":[101,173],"findings,":[102],"highlight":[104],"predominance":[106],"ensemble":[108],"models,":[109],"bio-inspired":[110],"algorithms,":[111],"neural":[112],"networks,":[113],"regression":[115],"methods":[116],"as":[117],"most":[119],"effective":[120],"approaches":[121],"reducing":[123],"errors,":[125],"particularly":[126],"in":[127,147,184],"high-variability":[128],"scenarios.":[129],"Key":[130],"were":[132],"also":[133],"identified,":[134],"reliance":[137],"high-quality":[139],"data":[140],"risk":[143],"overfitting,":[145],"especially":[146],"contexts":[148],"where":[149],"datasets":[150,164],"are":[151],"limited":[152],"or":[153],"low":[155],"quality.":[156],"Furthermore,":[157],"emphasize":[159],"need":[161],"new":[163],"that":[165],"accurately":[166],"reflect":[167],"modern":[168],"software":[169,185],"engineering":[170],"practices.":[171],"Thus,":[172],"provides":[175],"a":[176],"critical":[177],"foundation":[178],"further":[180],"investigations":[181],"advancements":[183],"estimation.":[188]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2026-03-13T00:00:00"}