On the Improvement of the Mutation Score Using Distinguishing Test Cases

Simona Alina Nica

doi:10.1109/ICST.2011.40

On the Improvement of the Mutation Score Using Distinguishing Test Cases

Simona Alina Nica

Institute of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (7160)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Abstract

Software testing, i.e., discovering software failures through test case execution, plays a crucial role in the software development process. A high quality software must have a strong test suite. Therefore it is of high importance for a software to evaluate the test suite that is asserting its correctness. Mutation testing is one efficient method to evaluate the process of software testing, i.e., the quality of the test suite. The current research focuses on mutation testing as a metric that can be used not only for establishing a reliable testing process, but also for improving the test case generation process, when the quality of the test suite is proven to be unsatisfactory. More over we aim to come with a solution to the equivalent mutant problem, by combing mutation testing and constraint systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	423-426
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61284-174-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICST.2011.40
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Fourth International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation: ICST 2011 - Berlin, Germany Duration: 21 Mar 2011 → 25 Mar 2011

Conference

Conference	Fourth International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	21/03/11 → 25/03/11

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Information, Communication & Computing

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Nica, SA 2011, On the Improvement of the Mutation Score Using Distinguishing Test Cases. in 2011 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation. IEEE Computer Society, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 423-426, Fourth International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation, Berlin, Germany, 21/03/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICST.2011.40

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