Judy - A mutation testing tool for Java

IET Software

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-42

  Madeyski, L ^a   Radyk, N ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; BRANCH COVERAGE; CODE COVERAGE; EFFECT SIZE; EMPIRICAL COMPARISON; FAULT DETECTION EFFECTIVENESS; FAULT-BASED; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LOCALISATION; MUTATION TESTING; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; POINTCUT; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; SPEED-UPS; TEST CASE;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); FAULT DETECTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AUTOMATIC TEST PATTERN GENERATION;

EID: 77950262072     PISSN: 17518806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-sen.2008.0038     Document Type: Article

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