A Systematic Mapping on Software Fairness: Focus, Trends and Industrial Context

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.23782v1
• Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:09:08 GMT
• Title: A Systematic Mapping on Software Fairness: Focus, Trends and Industrial Context
• Authors: Kessia Nepomuceno, Fabio Petrillo,
• Abstract summary: This paper presents a systematic literature mapping to explore and categorize current advancements in fairness solutions within software engineering.<n>We focus on three key dimensions: research trends, research focus, and viability in industrial contexts.
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• Abstract: Context: Fairness in systems has emerged as a critical concern in software engineering, garnering increasing attention as the field has advanced in recent years. While several guidelines have been proposed to address fairness, achieving a comprehensive understanding of research solutions for ensuring fairness in software systems remains challenging. Objectives: This paper presents a systematic literature mapping to explore and categorize current advancements in fairness solutions within software engineering, focusing on three key dimensions: research trends, research focus, and viability in industrial contexts. Methods: We develop a classification framework to organize research on software fairness from a fresh perspective, applying it to 95 selected studies and analyzing their potential for industrial adoption. Results: Our findings reveal that software fairness research is expanding, yet it remains heavily focused on methods and algorithms. It primarily focuses on post-processing and group fairness, with less emphasis on early-stage interventions, individual fairness metrics, and understanding bias root causes. Additionally fairness research remains largely academic, with limited industry collaboration and low to medium Technology Readiness Level (TRL), indicating that industrial transferability remains distant. Conclusion: Our results underscore the need to incorporate fairness considerations across all stages of the software development life-cycle and to foster greater collaboration between academia and industry. This analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the field, offering a foundation to guide future research and practical applications of fairness in software systems.

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