2012 IEEE Fifth International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation 2012
DOI: 10.1109/icst.2012.160
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Isolating First Order Equivalent Mutants via Second Order Mutation

Abstract: Abstract-In this paper, a technique named I-EQM, able to dynamically isolate first order equivalent mutants, is proposed. I-EQM works by employing a novel dynamic execution scheme that integrates both first and second order mutation. The proposed approach combines the -impact‖ on the program execution of the first order mutants with the -impact‖ on the output of second order ones, to isolate likely to be first order equivalent mutants. Experimental results on a benchmark set of manually classified mutants, sel… Show more

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“…[14] is under investigation. Further, a comparison between the examined approaches and other mutation testing strategies [21] are also planned.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…[14] is under investigation. Further, a comparison between the examined approaches and other mutation testing strategies [21] are also planned.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Another approach to tackle the equivalent mutants' problem is by using higher order mutants [12], [14], [13] and [18]. Generally, the main idea underlying these approaches is to produce a set of higher order mutants and use them as alternatives to the first order ones.…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The application of HOMs discussed in this paper follows those research. Another cost reduction context treated with the higher order mutation referred to the equivalent mutant problem [13] [14].…”
Section: B Higher Order Mutationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The goal of such HOMs, which are referred to as strongly subsuming HOMs, is to reduce the total number of FOMs that need to compiled and executed, thereby reducing test execution cost. Kintis et al [15] used second order mutants to detect equivalent FOMs and to reduce the total number of equivalent FOMs that need to be inspected by testers.…”
Section: Problem Descriptionmentioning
confidence: 99%