Unit and integration testing strategies for C programs using mutation
Auri Marcelo Rizzo Vincenzi, José Carlos Maldonado, Ellen Francine Barbosa, Márcio Eduardo Delamaro · Software Testing Verification and Reliability · 2001
Abstract Mutation testing, originally proposed for unit testing, has been extended to integration testing with the proposition of the Interface Mutation criterion. This paper presents the results of an experiment using two mutation‐based testing criteria for unit and integration testing phases: the Mutation Analysis and the Interface Mutation adequacy criteria, respectively. The aim is to investigate how they can be used in a complementary way during the testing activity, establishing an incremental testing strategy comprising the unit and integration testing phases and guidelines on how to obtain a high mutation score with respect to mutation testing with a low cost, in terms of the number of mutants generated. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.