Is Higher Order Mutant Harder to Kill Than First Order Mutant? An Experimental Study

Autor:	Duong-Thu-Hang Pham, Quang Vu Nguyen
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Genetics Computer science Order (business) Mutant 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Mutation testing Higher order mutation 020207 software engineering 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing 02 engineering and technology First order
Zdroj:	Intelligent Information and Database Systems ISBN: 9783319754161 ACIIDS (1)
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-319-75417-8_62
Popis:	This paper considers the problem whether higher order mutant is harder to kill than first order mutant or not. Higher order mutation testing has been proposed to overcome the limitations of traditional mutation testing (also called first order mutation testing) such as a large number of generated mutants, limited realism, and equivalent mutants. In this paper, we perform an empirical evaluation to answer the mentioned question with regard to the ratio of number of test cases which can kill a higher order mutant to number of test cases which can kill its constituent first order mutants. Our experimental results indicate that only a half of all generated higher order mutants are harder to kill than its constituent first order mutants.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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