Publication
Title
Flaky mutants : another concern for mutation testing
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Abstract
Software testing is the dominant method for quality assurance and control in software engineering [1] , [2] . Test suites serve as quality gates to safeguard against programming faults. But not every test suite is written equally. We usually gauge its quality using metrics such as code coverage. These assess how much of the code base has been covered. However, they do not tell if the tests actually test and verify the intentions. Mutation testing does this by deliberately injecting faults into the system under test and verifying how many of them the test suite can detect. For every injected fault that is not detected by the test suite, an additional test should be written. In the academic community, mutation testing is acknowledged as the most promising technique for automated assessment of the strength of a test suite.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Software Testing, Verification, and Validation, ICST, International Conference on
Source (book)
2021 IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation Workshops (ICSTW), 12-16 April 2021, Porto de Galinhas, Brazil
Publication
IEEE , 2021
ISSN
2159-4848
ISBN
978-1-6654-4457-6
978-1-6654-4456-9
DOI
10.1109/ICSTW52544.2021.00054
Volume/pages
p. 284-285
ISI
000680833800041
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Next level mutation testing: fewer, smarter & faster (NEXT-O-TEST).
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 28.06.2021
Last edited 02.10.2024
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