Improving Defect Detection Ability of Derived Test Cases Based on Mutated UML Activity Diagrams

Haiying Sun, Mingsong Chen, Min Zhang, Jing Liu, Ying Zhang

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Abstract

Structure coverage driven test generation is the key approach for automatic testing at source code level. However, the defect detection ability of the generated test cases should be carefully evaluated since the correlation between coverage and test effectiveness is in doubt. In this paper, we propose a test generation approach based on mutation testing with the intent to derive test cases towards finding defects rather than just covering certain syntactic structures. Moreover, instead of generating test cases from the code under test directly, we base our approach on UML activity diagrams to make it possible to decide verdicts of test inputs. Mutation operators for activity diagrams are defined and the test generation algorithms are based on solving mutated path constraints. Experimental results have shown that by applying the proposed mutated testing approach, test cases with higher defect detection ability can be generated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 IEEE 40th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2016
EditorsWilliam Claycomb, Dejan Milojicic, Ling Liu, Mihhail Matskin, Zhiyong Zhang, Sorel Reisman, Hiroyuki Sato, Zhiyong Zhang, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages275-280
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781467388450
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Aug 2016
Event2016 IEEE 40th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2016 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: 10 Jun 201614 Jun 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference
Volume1
ISSN (Print)0730-3157

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE 40th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period10/06/1614/06/16

Keywords

  • Activity Diagram
  • Mutation Testing
  • Test Generation

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