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Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews: A Comparative Evaluation of Three Tools

Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews: A Comparative Evaluation of Three Tools
(Methods Research Report, released on November 15, 2019)

For the task of title and abstract screening during a systematic review, the EPC explored the reliability of three machine learning tools when used to automatically eliminate irrelevant records or complement the work of a single reviewer. The usability of each tool was evaluated.