Categorization of research surveys and reviews on human activities
Anargyros Angeleas, N. Bourbakis, George A. Tsihrintzis · 2016
Due the recently increased number of survey papers, we consider important to offer an evaluation of the different types of current survey papers to assess their benefits and inform the readers regarding their categories. The field selected here is the Human Activity Recognition (HAR), although its idea can be applied to other research areas as well. Thus, a variety of survey papers are studied thoroughly and compared for this categorization. From each paper a short synopsis is presented in order the reader to understand the concepts behind it. In order to objectively assess their importance, we formulate a maturity metric by using a set of significant features, that best describe the significance and contribution of the HAR research. Finally the anticipated result of this paper, is to serve as a reference point for the “dos' and don'ts” regarding the survey papers, and lay a foundation for further research, thoughts, discussion, and improvements of them, towards maturity and usefulness.