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Foundations of Software Testing: Fundamental Algorithms and Techniques
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Foundations of Software Testing: Fundamental Algorithms and Techniques

by Aditya P. Mathur
March 2007
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
709 pages
20h 23m
English
Pearson India
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Test Adequacy Assessment
the mutant created is indeed incorrect. As we show in the remainder of
this chapter, testing using mutation often leads to the discovery of sub-
tle flaws in the program under test. This discovery usually takes place
when a tester tries to show that the mutant is an incorrect solution to the
problem at hand.
7.3 TEST ASSESSMENT USING MUTATION
Now that we know what mutation is, and what mutants look like, let us
understand how mutation is used for assessing the adequacy of a test set.
The problem of test assessment using mutation can be stated as follows:
Let P be a program under test, T a test set for P, and R the set of requirements that
P must meet. Suppose that P has been tested against all tests in T and found to be
correct ...
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