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@inproceedings{ParsaiFSEN2017,
address = {Berlin, Germany},
author = {Ali Parsai and Alessandro Murgia and Serge Demeyer},
booktitle = {Proceedings {FSEN2017} (7th {IPM} International
Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering)},
editor = {Dastani, Mehdi and Sirjani, Marjan},
month = apr,
note = {Acceptance ratio: 16 / 49 = 32\%},
pages = {148--163},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
title = {LittleDarwin: a Feature-Rich and Extensible Mutation
Testing Framework for Large and Complex Java Systems},
year = {2017},
abstract = {Mutation testing is a well-studied method for
increasing the quality of a test suite. We designed
LittleDarwin as a mutation testing framework able to
cope with large and complex Java software systems,
while still being easily extensible with new
experimental components. LittleDarwin addresses two
existing problems in the domain of mutation testing:
having a tool able to work within an industrial
setting, and yet, be open to extension for cutting
edge techniques provided by academia. LittleDarwin
already offers higher-order mutation, null type
mutants, mutant sampling, manual mutation, and mutant
subsumption analysis. There is no tool today
available with all these features that is able to
work with typical industrial software systems.},
annote = {internationalconference},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-68972-2_10},
isbn = {978-3-319-68972-2},
}