A Manifesto for Higher Order Mutation Testing
A Manifesto for Higher Order Mutation Testing
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高阶突变测试宣言
DOI：
10.1109/icstw.2010.13
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2010
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通讯作者：
W. Langdon
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作者：
M. Harman;Yue Jia;W. Langdon
我们认为，与受限的一阶突变体相比，高阶突变体有可能更好地模拟真实的故障，并揭示对错误的洞察。突变检测团体此前一直回避更高级别的突变检测，认为它太昂贵了，因此不切实际。然而，本文引用了最近基于搜索的优化技术构建高阶突变体的结果，认为基于搜索的软件工程可以为这个明显的问题提供解决方案。我们还提出了发展高阶突变检测的研究议程。
We argue that higher order mutants are potentially better able to simulate real faults and to reveal insights into bugs than the restricted class of first order mutants. The Mutation Testing community has previously shied away from Higher Order Mutation Testing believing it to be too expensive and therefore impractical. However, this paper argues that Search Based Software Engineering can provide a solution to this apparent problem, citing results from recent work on search based optimization techniques for constructing higher order mutants. We also present a research agenda for the development of Higher Order Mutation Testing.