On reduced neighborhood mutation analysis using a single mutagenic operator

  • Authors:
  • Roland H. Untch

  • Affiliations:
  • Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 47th Annual Southeast Regional Conference
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Mutation analysis evaluates the quality of a test suite based on its ability to reveal simple faults, termed mutations, injected in the program under test. Unfortunately, the need to execute many slightly different versions, or mutants, of a program makes mutation analysis a computationally expensive technique. This paper reports on a promising approach that reduces the cost of mutation analysis by reducing the number of mutants that need to be executed.