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Systematic Literature Review

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This chapter presents the concept of Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and how it differs from the traditional ways of describing and portraying the literature. Moreover, it critically analyzes the common underlying structure among the SLR methods developed over the past years as well as highlights the improvements required.

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Cardoso Ermel, A.P., Lacerda, D.P., Morandi, M.I.W.M., Gauss, L. (2021). Systematic Literature Review. In: Literature Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75722-9_3

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