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46
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6642
National Ranking
398

Overview

Pearl Brereton is affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Computer Science and Decision Sciences, with a particular focus on several subfields including Information Systems, Information Systems and Management, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The researcher's work spans several key topics in the domain of software engineering and data management. These include:

  • Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
  • Software Engineering Research
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Machine Learning and Data Classification
  • Face and Expression Recognition
  • Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques

Brereton has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Among recent papers are:

  • What Support do Systematic Reviews Provide for Evidence-informed Teaching about Software Engineering Practice? (2020) in e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal
  • Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering (2022) in Information and Software Technology
  • Structural Complexity and Performance of Support Vector Machines (2022) in 2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)

Their frequent coauthors include David Budgen, Nikki Williams, Sarah Drummond, Babatunde Kazeem Olorisade, and Péter András. Among these, David Budgen appears as a collaborator in two publications.

Brereton's publications have appeared in venues such as:

  • e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal
  • Information and Software Technology
  • 2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)

Best Publications

  • Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A systematic literature review

    Barbara Kitchenham;O. Pearl Brereton;David Budgen;Mark Turner

  • Lessons from applying the systematic literature review process within the software engineering domain

    Pearl Brereton;Barbara A. Kitchenham;David Budgen;Mark Turner

  • Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A tertiary study

    Barbara Kitchenham;Rialette Pretorius;David Budgen;O. Pearl Brereton

  • A systematic review of systematic review process research in software engineering

    Barbara Kitchenham;Pearl Brereton

  • Does the technology acceptance model predict actual use? A systematic literature review

    Mark Turner;Barbara Kitchenham;Pearl Brereton;Stuart Charters

  • Evidence-Based Software Engineering and Systematic Reviews

    Barbara Ann Kitchenham;David Budgen;Pearl Brereton

  • Turning software into a service

    M. Turner;D. Budgen;P. Brereton

  • Using mapping studies as the basis for further research - A participant-observer case study

    Barbara A. Kitchenham;David Budgen;O. Pearl Brereton

  • Performing systematic literature reviews in software engineering

    David Budgen;Pearl Brereton

  • Using Mapping Studies in Software Engineering.

    David Budgen;Mark Turner;Pearl Brereton;Barbara A. Kitchenham

  • Service-based software: the future for flexible software

    K. Bennett;P. Layzell;D. Budgen;P. Brereton

  • Robust Statistical Methods for Empirical Software Engineering

    Barbara Kitchenham;Lech Madeyski;David Budgen;Jacky Keung

  • Using a protocol template for case study planning

    Pearl Brereton;Barbara Kitchenham;David Budgen;Zhi Li

  • Component-based systems: a classification of issues

    P. Brereton;D. Budgen

  • Risks and risk mitigation in global software development: A tertiary study

    J. M. Verner;O. P. Brereton;B. A. Kitchenham;M. Turner

  • The value of mapping studies: a participantobserver case study

    Barbara A. Kitchenham;David Budgen;O. Pearl Brereton

  • Protocol for a Tertiary study of Systematic Literature Reviews and Evidence-based Guidelines in IT and Software Engineering

    Barbara Kitchenham;Pearl Brereton;David Budgen;Mark Turner

  • Empirical evidence about the UML: a systematic literature review

    D. Budgen;A. J. Burn;O. P. Brereton;B. A. Kitchenham

  • Software engineering environments

    Pearl Brereton

  • Evidence relating to Object-Oriented software design: A survey

    J. Bailey;D. Budgen;M. Turner;B. Kitchenham

  • Refining the systematic literature review process--two participant-observer case studies

    Barbara A. Kitchenham;Pearl Brereton;Mark Turner;Mahmood K. Niazi

  • An investigation of software engineering curricula

    Barbara Kitchenham;David Budgen;Pearl Brereton;Philip Woodall

Frequent Co-Authors

David Budgen
David Budgen Durham University
Barbara Kitchenham
Barbara Kitchenham Keele University
Malcolm Munro
Malcolm Munro Durham University
Jie Xu
Jie Xu Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
John Hosking
John Hosking University of Auckland
Mahmood Niazi
Mahmood Niazi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Jacky Keung
Jacky Keung City University of Hong Kong
Dag I. K. Sjøberg
Dag I. K. Sjøberg University of Oslo
Martin Höst
Martin Höst Malmö University
Per Runeson
Per Runeson Lund University

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