Historically, researchers have proposed and applied many techniques to reduce the cost of
mutation testing. It has become difficult to find all techniques and to understand the cost …

Mutation testing realizes the idea of using artificial defects to support testing activities.
Mutation is typically used as a way to evaluate the adequacy of test suites, to guide the …

Context: Due to the widespread use of Android devices, Android applications (apps) have
more releases, purchases, and downloads than apps for any other mobile devices. The …

Mutant selection refers to the problem of choosing, among a large number of mutants, the
(few) ones that should be used by the testers. In view of this, we investigate the problem of …

This paper reports on results from a systematic review that characterizes the state-of-the-art
on cost reduction for mutation testing. It analyzes the evolution of research on this topic and …

Android applications (apps) have the highest number of releases, purchases, and
downloads among mobile apps. However, quality is a known problem, and hence there is …

Symbolic execution is a powerful technique for systematically exploring the paths of a
program and generating the corresponding test inputs. However, its practical usage is often …

Mutation analysis is a well known yet unfortunately costly method for measuring test suite
quality. Researchers have proposed numerous mutation reduction strategies in order to …

Manual test case generation is an exhaustive and time-consuming process. However,
automated test data generation may reduce the efforts and assist in creating an adequate …

As incorporating software testing into programming assignments becomes routine,
educators have begun to assess not only the correctness of students' software, but also the …