NDLI: An Empirical Evaluation of the First and Second Order Mutation Testing Strategies

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Papadakis, M. Malevris, N.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Various mutation approximation techniques have been proposed in the literature in order to reduce the expenses of mutation. This paper presents results from an empirical study conducted for first and second order mutation testing strategies. Its scope is to evaluate the relative application cost and effectiveness of the different mutation strategies. The application cost was based: on the number of mutants, the equivalent ones and on the number of test cases needed to expose them by each strategy. Each strategy's effectiveness was evaluated by its ability to expose a set of seeded faults. The results indicate that on the one hand the first order mutation testing strategies can be in general more effective than the second order ones. On the other hand, the second order strategies can drastically decrease the number of the introduced equivalent mutants, generally forming a valid cost effective alternative to mutation testing.
Starting Page	90
Ending Page	99
File Size	2272868
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424467730
e-ISBN	9781424467747
DOI	10.1109/ICSTW.2010.50
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-04-06
Publisher Place	France
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Software testing Costs Fault detection Genetic mutations higher order mutation Software quality Sampling methods mutation testing Software measurement Application software Informatics Vehicles
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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