A Software Tool for Accuracy Evaluation of Calculated Similarity Factors between Papers and Reviewers

The assignment of reviewers to papers is one of the most important and challenging tasks in organizing scientific conferences. Its accuracy has a direct impact on the quality and the fairness of the review process. The accuracy of the automatic assignment depends on both the assignment algorithm and the way similarity factors between papers and reviewers are calculated. This paper proposes an architecture and a working model of a software tool for accuracy evaluation of the calculated similarity factors between papers and reviewers. It has been used over a hundred times and proved to be very useful for evaluation and comparative analysis of existing methods of describing papers and reviewers' competences.