Mutation-Based Web Test Case Generation

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Sérgio Almeida (Author) Other; Ana C. R. Paiva (Author) Other; André Restivo (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Quality of Information and Communications Technology - 12th International Conference, QUATIC 2019, Ciudad Real, Spain, September 11-13, 2019, Proceedings

Pages: 339-346

12th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2019

11 September 2019 through 13 September 2019

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Scopus - 1 Citation

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Authenticus ID: P-00R-02X

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29238-6_25

Abstract (EN): Regression testing is of paramount importance to ensure that the quality of software does not suffer when code changes are implemented. However, having a large set of tests is mostly done by hand and is time-consuming. Regression tests are written to test functionality that is already implemented and thus are a prime target for automatic test generation. Mutation testing is a technique that evaluates the quality of tests by applying simple changes to source code and checking if any test detects those changes. This paper presents an approach focused on GUI Testing that takes the idea behind mutation testing and applies it, not to the source code, but the actual tests. Generated tests are then analyzed, and those that generate different outcomes are chosen. The set of initial test cases is obtained from the interactions of the actual users of the service under analysis. In the end, an evaluation of the approach is presented. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8