Technology-assisted title and abstract screening for systematic reviews: a retrospective evaluation of the Abstrackr machine learning tool.

Journal: Systematic reviews
Published Date: Mar 12, 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Machine learning tools can expedite systematic review (SR) processes by semi-automating citation screening. Abstrackr semi-automates citation screening by predicting relevant records. We evaluated its performance for four screening projects.

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  • Allison Gates
    Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, 4-472, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada.
  • Cydney Johnson
    Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, 11405-87 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada.
  • Lisa Hartling
    Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, 4-472, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada. Electronic address: hartling@ualberta.ca.

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