Mutation Testing is a fault-based software testing technique that has been widely studied for
over three decades. The literature on Mutation Testing has contributed a set of approaches …

Context The field of mutation analysis has been growing, both in the number of published
papers and the number of active researchers. This special issue provides a sampling of …

This paper introduces a new paradigm for Mutation Testing, which we call Higher Order
Mutation Testing (HOM Testing). Traditional Mutation Testing considers only first order …

The need for test adequacy criteria is widely recognized. Several criteria have been
proposed for the assessment of adequacy of tests at the unit level. However, there remains a …

The concept of object storage was introduced in the early 1990's by the research community.
Since then it has greatly matured and is now in its early stages of adoption by the industry …

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 …

The establishment of a low-cost, effective testing and validation strategy has been pursued
by many researchers at the program level as well as at the specification level. The …

This paper rigorously introduces the concept of model-based mutation testing (MBMT) and
positions it in the landscape of mutation testing. Two elementary mutation operators …

Context: Mutation testing has been mainly analyzed regarding traditional mutation operators
involving structured programming constructs common in mainstream languages, but …

Needs for mass customization and economies of scale have pushed engineers to develop
Software Product Lines (SPLs). SPLs are families of products sharing commonalities and …