WMA: Wizard System Architecture for the execution of meta-analysis: A case study applied to verify the efficacy of fluquinconazole in the control of Asian soybean rust

• Published in: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências Vol. 92; no. 2; p. e20180168
• Main Authors: DELAZERI, BRUNA R., SILVA, SUELYN F. DA, MATOS, SIMONE N., GUIMARÃES, ALAINE M., CANTERI, MARCELO G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2020
• Subjects: bifocal tree; hierarchical information visualization technique; interactive visualization; MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES; r software; Bifocal Tree; R Software; Hierarchical Information Visualization Technique; Interactive Visualization
• ISSN: 0001-3765; 1678-2690; 1678-2690
• DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202020180168

Abstract Meta-analysis is a probabilistic technique that combines results from several studies that approach the same topic and produce a result that sums up the whole. In the agricultural field, it is used to make empirical estimates of efficiency for the development of productivity and economic research on agriculture. Meta-analysis can be applied through software such as R, which is executed through commands, and produces results without providing user interactivity, nor does it reproduce a friendly and easy-to-understand interface. This paper presents the creation of a computer system, the WMA, which aims to simplify the execution of meta-analysis, providing a graphical interface and improves the display of the results through an interactive visualization using the Hierarchical Information Visualization Technique Bifocal Tree. For validation, the meta-analysis was applied in the agricultural area in a case study that grouped studies that used the fungicide fluquinconazole to combat the soybean rust disease, the results obtained through the application of the meta-analysis were analyzed using the WMA proposed tool.