Understanding Reviewer Assignment Problem and its Issues and Challenges

One of the common issue faced in assigning proposals submitted to the conferences, journals etc. is the assignment of proposal to the appropriate reviewers. This is also termed as reviewer assignment problem (RAP). Here, where the expertise level of a reviewer who is involved in reviewing a proposal should be optimized to guarantee the selection of best suitable proposal. Choosing appropriate reviewer not only involves the expertise but also considers diversity and conflict of interests amongst them. In this direction, numerous solutions have been given by researchers in the past, but some of the issues persists in this field. The paper highlights a review on the existing techniques proposed by the researchers to solve reviewer assignment problem and various keyholes in the current scenario along-with the possible solutions.

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