Mutation testing
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mutation-testing-181-9265637
title:
Mutation testing
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Mutation testing is used to design new software tests and evaluate the quality of existing software tests. Mutation testing involves modifying a program in small ways. Each mutated version is called a mutant and tests detect and reject mutants by causing the behaviour of the original version to differ from the mutant. This is called killing the mutant. Test suites are measured by the percentage of mutants that they kill. New tests can be designed to kill additional mutants. Mutants are based on
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Method of software testing
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_testing
date created:
2005-08-02T17:25:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T19:27:15Z
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