Reducing Mutation Testing Endeavor using the Similar Conditions for the same Mutation Operators Occurs at Different Locations
Tannu Singla, Ajay Kumar, Sunita Garhwal · Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences · 2014
Abstract: Mutation testing is a software testing technique that ameliorates the quality and reliability of critical software. This paper presents a mutation testing technique based on the concept of the same mutation operator under similar conditions occuring at different locations in the program. In the proposed technique, we assemble the tantamount behaviour of mutants under a group and a single mutant is selected from the group for performing mutation testing. The benefits of the proposed approach are a reduction in time, cost and effort.