MUGAMMA: Mutation analysis of deployed software to increase confidence and assist evolution

2nd Workshop on Mutation Analysis (Mutation 2006 - ISSRE Workshops 2006), MUTATION'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kim, Sang Woon ^a   Harrold, Mary Jean ^b   Kwon, Yong Rae ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

BUG REPORTS; CASE STUDIES; EVOLUTION (CO); MUTATION ANALYSIS; MUTATION TESTING; POTENTIAL EFFICACY; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STATE INFORMATION; TEST CASES; UNIT TESTING;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 48749086612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MUTATION.2006.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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