Reducing the Number of Higher-Order Mutants with the Aid of Data Flow

Higher-order mutants are created by injecting two or more mutations into the original program, while first-order mutants are generated by seeding single faults in the original program. Mutant generation is a key stage of mutation testing which is computationally very expensive, especially in the cas...

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Main Author: Ahmed S. Ghiduk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology 2016-05-01
Series:e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.e-informatyka.pl/attach/e-Informatica_-_Volume_10/eInformatica2016Art2.pdf