Foundations of Software Testing, 2nd Edition

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Test Adequacy Assessment using Program Mutation

CONTENTS

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Mutation and mutants

8.3 Test assessment using mutation

8.4 Mutation operators

8.5 Design of mutation operators

8.6 Founding principles of mutation testing

8.7 Equivalent mutants

8.8 Fault detection using mutation

8.9 Types of mutants

8.10 Mutation operators for C

8.11 Mutation operators for java

8.12 Comparison of mutation operators

8.13 Mutation testing within budget

8.14 CASE and program testing

8.15 Tools

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce Program Mutation as a technique for the assessment of test adequacy and the enhancement of test sets. The chapter also focuses on the design and use of mutation operators for procedural and objected-oriented programming ...