Doing the Literature Review
Goals:
- collect a comprehensive set of publications on the topic
- build a picture of the nature and scope of the problem
- develop a framework for evaluating possible solutions
- analyse the specific work described in the publications
How comprehensive? (a.k.a. how many references is enough?)
- until you are convinced that you have all relevant material
- some topics may require: one main ref + one general ref
- other topics may have dozens of relevant publications
- use your judgement when to stop (and ask supervisor)
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