A Model to Estimate First-Order Mutation Coverage from Higher-Order Mutation Coverage

The test suite is essential for fault detection during software development. First-order mutation coverage is an accurate metric to quantify the quality of the test suite. However, it is computationally expensive. Hence, the adoption of this metric is limited. In this study, we address this issue by...

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Published in2016 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS) pp. 365 - 373
Main Authors Parsai, Ali, Murgia, Alessandro, Demeyer, Serge
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2016
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Computational modeling
Estimation
Higher-order Mutation Testing
Mathematical model
Measurement
Mutation Testing
Open source software
Software Testing
Test Suite Quality
Testing
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Summary:The test suite is essential for fault detection during software development. First-order mutation coverage is an accurate metric to quantify the quality of the test suite. However, it is computationally expensive. Hence, the adoption of this metric is limited. In this study, we address this issue by proposing a realistic model able to estimate first-order mutation coverage using only higher-order mutation coverage. Our study shows how the estimation evolves along with the order of mutation. We validate the model with an empirical study based on 17 open-source projects.
DOI:10.1109/QRS.2016.48