MAJOR: An efficient and extensible tool for mutation analysis in a Java compiler

2011 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 612-615

  Just, Rene ^a   Schweiggert, Franz ^a   Kapfhammer, Gregory M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES; EASE-OF-USE; GENERATION TIME; JAVA COMPILERS; LINES OF CODE; MUTATION ANALYSIS; MUTATION OPERATORS; NON-INVASIVE; STUDY AND APPLICATIONS; TESTING STRATEGIES;

PROGRAM COMPILERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84855430353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASE.2011.6100138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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