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Mutation testing

Mutation testing (or mutation analysis or program mutation) is used to design new software tests and evaluate the quality of existing software tests. Mutation testing involves making small changes to the program being tested. Each changed version is called a mutant. A test detects, and therefore rejects, a mutant upon test failure –– failure indicating…

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Mutation testingis aform of white-box testing0.90text
XMLinstance ofand work has been done to define methods of applying mutation testing to object oriented programming languages and non-procedural languages0.80text
SMVinstance ofand work has been done to define methods of applying mutation testing to object oriented programming languages and non-procedural languages0.80text
and finite-state machines.In 2004instance ofand work has been done to define methods of applying mutation testing to object oriented programming languages and non-procedural languages0.80text
a company called Certess Incinstance ofand work has been done to define methods of applying mutation testing to object oriented programming languages and non-procedural languages0.80text
Access Modifier Changeinstance ofthe muJava tool offers various class-level mutation operators0.80text
Type Cast Operator Insertioninstance ofthe muJava tool offers various class-level mutation operators0.80text
and Type Cast Operator Deletioninstance ofthe muJava tool offers various class-level mutation operators0.80text
Mutation testingrelated to Decision mutationDecision0.60section
Mutation testingrelated to Decision mutationThis0.60section
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