With most technical fields, there exists a delay between fundamental academic
research and practical industrial uptake. Whilst some sciences have robust and
well-established processes for commercialisation, such as the pharmaceutical
practice of regimented drug trials, other fields face transitory periods in
which fundamental academic advancements diffuse gradually into the space of
commerce and industry. For the still relatively young field of
Automated/Autonomous Machine Learning (AutoML/AutonoML), that transitory period
is under way, spurred on by a burgeoning interest from broader society. Yet, to
date, little research has been undertaken to assess the current state of this
dissemination and its uptake. Thus, this review makes two primary contributions
to knowledge around this topic. Firstly, it provides the most up-to-date and
comprehensive survey of existing AutoML tools, both open-source and commercial.
Secondly, it motivates and outlines a framework for assessing whether an AutoML
solution designed for real-world application is 'performant'; this framework
extends beyond the limitations of typical academic criteria, considering a
variety of stakeholder needs and the human-computer interactions required to
service them. Thus, additionally supported by an extensive assessment and
comparison of academic and commercial case-studies, this review evaluates
mainstream engagement with AutoML in the early 2020s, identifying obstacles and
opportunities for accelerating future uptake.

本文综述了现有的自动机器学习工具，包括开源和商业工具，并阐述了一个评估自动机器学习解决方案在实际应用中表现良好的框架，该框架考虑了各方利益和人机交互。此外，通过对学术和商业案例研究的广泛评估和比较，本综述也评估了 AutoML 在 2020 年代初的主流参与度，并确定了加速未来普及的障碍和机遇。