Interface mutation to assess the adequacy of tests for components and systems

"Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems

Volumn , Issue TOOL 34, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Ghosh, Sudipto ^a   Mathur, Aditya P ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Component based systems; Distributed object systems; Interface description language; Mutation testing; Test adequacy assessment

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MIDDLEWARE;

INTERFACE MUTATION (IM);

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 0034586798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TOOLS.2000.868957     Document Type: Conference Paper

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