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@inproceedings{ParsaiQRS2016,
author = {Ali Parsai and Alessandro Murgia and Serge Demeyer},
booktitle = {Proceedings {QRS2016} ({IEEE} International
Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and
Security)},
note = {Acceptance ratio: unknown},
pages = {365-373},
publisher = {{IEEE} Computer Society},
title = {A Model to Estimate First-Order Mutation Coverage
from Higher-Order Mutation Coverage},
year = {2016},
abstract = {The test suite is essential for fault detection
during software development. First-order mutation
coverage is an accurate metric to quantify the
quality of the test suite. However, it is
computationally expensive. Hence, the adoption of
this metric is limited. In this study, we address
this issue by proposing a realistic model able to
estimate first-order mutation coverage using only
higher-order mutation coverage. Our study shows how
the estimation evolves along with the order of
mutation. We validate the model with an empirical
study based on 17 open-source projects.},
annote = {internationalconference},
doi = {10.1109/QRS.2016.48},
}