International Advanced School of Empirical Software Engineering

Replication and Aggregation of Software Engineering Experiments

Preliminary program

Chair: Professor Natalia Juristo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
  • 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
International Advanced School of Empirical Software Engineering 2008 - Kaiserslautern