Automatic mutation test input data generation via ant colony

Proceedings of GECCO 2007: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1074-1081

  Ayari, Kamel ^a   Bouktif, Salah ^a   Antoniol, Giuliano ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Mutation testing; Search based testing; Test input data generation

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; MUTATION TESTING; SEARCH BASED TESTING; TEST INPUT DATA GENERATION;

AUTOMATIC TEST PATTERN GENERATION;

EID: 34548096218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1276958.1277172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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