Replication and Aggregation of Software Engineering Experiments

Preliminary program

• 9.00-9.15 Introduction
  Lecturer: Professor Natalia Juristo. Technical University of Madrid, Spain
  Material: Copies of slides
  Content:
  • Goal of replication
  • Goal of aggregation
  • Relationship between aggregation and replication

• 9.15-10.45 Techniques for Aggregating Experimental Results
  Lecturers:
  • Professor Oscar Dieste. Technical University of Madrid, Spain
  Material: Documentation developed specifically for the School
  Content:
  • Relationship between systematic reviews and aggregation
  • Problems found in trials of SE experiments aggregations
  • Parametric aggregation techniques
  • Non parametric aggregation techniques
  • Combination of aggregation techniques

• 10.45-11.15 Coffee Break

• 11.15-12.45 Different Type of Replications, Different Goal of Aggregation
  Lecturers:
  • Professor Sira Vegas. Technical University of Madrid, Spain
  • Professor Natalia Juristo. Technical University of Madrid, Spain
  Material: Documentation developed specifically for the School
  Content:
  • The problem of context
  • Types of replication: Identical, Close and Differentiated
  • Describing relevant information of a replication
  • Distance between replications
  • Generating variables from replications differences

• 12.45-13.45 Lunch Break

• 13.45-16.45 Participatory exercise
  Tutors:
  • Professor Oscar Dieste. Technical University of Madrid, Spain
  • Professor Sira Vegas. Technical University of Madrid, Spain
  • Professor Martín Solari, ORT University, Uruguay
  • Professor Natalia Juristo. Technical University of Madrid, Spain

• 16.45-17.00 Closing