Extending Mutation Testing to Find Environmental Bugs

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Author

E.H. Spafford

Entry type

article

Abstract

Environmental bugs are bugs caused by limitations of precision or capacity in the nvironment of a piece of software. These bugs may be difficult to activate and even more difficult to find. This paper reports on a n extension to traditional matational testing that enables testing specifically for environmental bugs involving integer arithmetic. This method is both simple and effective, and provides some insight into other possible extensions of mutation testing methodology that can be used to expose environmental bugs.

Date

1990 – February

URL

http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl ... to_find_envir_394209.pdf+

Address

W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1398

Institution

Software Engineering Research Center

Journal

Software Practice and Experience

Key alpha

Spafford

Pages

181-189

Publication Date

2001-01-01

Keywords

testin

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	title = "Extending Mutation Testing to Find Environmental Bugs",
	author = "E.H. Spafford",
	year = "1990",
	month = "February",
	address = "W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1398",
	institution = "Software Engineering Research Center",
	journal = "Software Practice and Experience",
	pages = "181-189",
	abstract = "Environmental bugs are bugs caused by limitations of precision or
capacity in the nvironment of a piece of software. These bugs may be
difficult to activate and even more difficult to find.
This paper reports on a n extension to traditional matational testing
that enables testing specifically for environmental bugs involving integer
arithmetic. This method is both simple and effective, and provides some
insight into other possible extensions of mutation testing methodology
that can be used to expose environmental bugs.",
	keywords = "testin",
	url = "http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:ZypAQPtL96EJ:reference.kfupm.edu.sa/content/e/x/extending_mutation_testing_to_find_envir_394209.pdf+",
}