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Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) has witnessed an exponential increase in use in various applications. Recently, the academic community started to research and inject new AI-based approaches to provide solutions to traditional software-engineering problems. However, a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the current status needs to be included. To close the above gap, synthetic knowledge synthesis was used to induce the research landscape of the contemporary research literature on the use of AI in software engineering. The synthesis resulted in 15 research categories and 5 themes—namely, natural language processing in software engineering, use of artificial intelligence in the management of the software development life cycle, use of machine learning in fault/defect prediction and effort estimation, employment of deep learning in intelligent software engineering and code management, and mining software repositories to improve software quality. The most productive country was China (n = 2042), followed by the United States (n = 1193), India (n = 934), Germany (n = 445), and Canada (n = 381). A high percentage (n = 47.4%) of papers were funded, showing the strong interest in this research topic. The convergence of AI and software engineering can significantly reduce the required resources, improve the quality, enhance the user experience, and improve the well-being of software developers.
Keywords: software engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, synthetic knowledge synthesis, AI
Published in DKUM: 30.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 12
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Abstract: Background: Artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing crucial roles in digital transformation, aiming to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and responsiveness of primary health systems and their services. Method: Using synthetic knowledge synthesis and bibliometric and thematic analysis triangulation, we identified the most productive and prolific countries, institutions, funding sponsors, source titles, publications productivity trends, and principal research categories and themes. Results: The United States and the United Kingdom were the most productive countries; Plos One and BJM Open were the most prolific journals; and the National Institutes of Health, USA, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China were the most productive funding sponsors. The publication productivity trend is positive and exponential. The main themes are related to natural language processing in clinical decision-making, primary health care optimization focusing on early diagnosis and screening, improving health-based social determinants, and using chatbots to optimize communications with patients and between health professionals. Conclusions: The use of machine learning in primary health care aims to address the significant global burden of so-called “missed diagnostic opportunities” while minimizing possible adverse effects on patients.
Keywords: primary health care, machine learning, research landscape, synthetic knowledge synthesis
Published in DKUM: 24.07.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 6
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Abstract: Interconnected computers and software systems have become an indispensable part of people’s lives in the period of digital transformation. Consequently, software quality research is becoming more and more critical. There have been multiple attempts to synthesise knowledge gained in software quality research; however, they were focused mainly on single aspects of software quality and did not structure the knowledge holistically. To fill this gap, we harvested software quality publications indexed in the Scopus bibliographic database. We analysed them using synthetic content analysis which is a triangulation of bibliometrics and content analysis. The search resulted in 15,468 publications. The performance bibliometric analysis showed that the production of research publications relating to software quality is currently following an exponential growth trend and that the software quality research community is growing. The most productive country was the United States, followed by China. The synthetic content analysis revealed that the published knowledge could be structured into six themes, the most important being the themes regarding software quality improvement by enhancing software engineering, advanced software testing and improved defect and fault prediction with machine learning and data mining.
Keywords: software engineering, software quality, knowledge synthesis, bibliometrics, synthetic knowledge synthesis
Published in DKUM: 07.04.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 6
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Abstract: Obesity is a complex disease that, like COVID-19, has reached pandemic proportions. Consequently, it has become a rapidly growing scientific field, represented by an extensive body of research publications. Therefore, the aim of this study was to present the research trends in the scientific literature on motivation and weight loss. Because traditional knowledge synthesis approaches are not appropriate for analyzing large corpora of research evidence, we utilized a novel knowledge synthesis approach called synthetic knowledge synthesis (SKS) to generate new holistic insights into obesity research focusing on motivation. SKS is a triangulation of bibliometric analysis, bibliometric mapping, and content analysis. Using it, we analyzed the corpus of publications retrieved from the Scopus database, using the search string TITLE-ABS-KEY((obesity or overweight) and “weight loss” and motiv*) in titles, keywords, and abstracts, without any additional inclusion or exclusion criteria. The search resulted in a corpus of 2301 publications. The United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Australia were the most productive countries. Four themes emerged, namely, weight loss and weight-loss maintenance through motivational interventions, lifestyle changes supported by smart ICT, maintaining sustainable weight with a healthier lifestyle, and weight management on the level of primary healthcare and bariatric surgery. Further, we established that the volume of research literature is growing, as is the scope of the research. However, we observed a regional concentration of research and its funding in developed countries and almost nonexistent research cooperation between developed and less-developed countries.
Keywords: obesity, weight loss, motivation, synthetic knowledge synthesis, bibliometrics, content analysis
Published in DKUM: 05.06.2024; Views: 142; Downloads: 23
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