The program mutation is a testing technique that assesses the quality of test input data by
examining whether the test data can distinguish a set of alternate programs (representing …

The mutation method assesses test quality by examining the ability of a test set to distinguish
syntactic deviations representing specific types of faults from the program under test. This …

Several module and class testing techniques have been applied to object‐oriented (OO)
programs, but researchers have only recently begun developing test criteria that evaluate …

The effectiveness of mutation testing depends heavily on the types of faults that the mutation
operators are designed to represent. Thus, the quality of the mutation operators is key to …

This paper presents results from empirical studies of object-oriented, class level mutation
operators, using the automated analysis and testing tool MuJava. Class mutation operators …

Program mutation is a fault-based technique for measuring the effectiveness of test cases
that, although powerful, is computationally expensive. The principal expense of mutation is …

The effectiveness of mutation testing depends heavily on the types of faults that the mutation
operators are designed to represent. Therefore, the quality of the mutation operators is key …

Mutation is a powerful but complicated and computationally expensive testing method.
Mutation is also a valuable experimental research technique that has been used in many …

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 …

Assessing testing strategies and test sets is a crucial part of software testing. Mutation
analysis is, among other approaches, a suitable technique for this purpose. However …