@inproceedings{b05e9355c9164da2a3026a20cc697f53,
title = "Mutation operators for UML class diagrams",
abstract = "Mutation Testing is a well-established technique for assessing the quality of test cases by checking how well they detect faults injected into a software artefact (mutant). Using this technique, the most critical activity is the adequate design of mutation operators so that they reflect typical defects of the artefact under test. This paper presents the design of a set of mutation operators for Conceptual Schemas (CS) based on UML Class Diagrams (CD). In this paper, the operators are defined in accordance with an existing defects classification for UML CS and relevant elements identified from the UML-CD meta-model. The operators are subsequently used to generate first order mutants for a CS under test. Finally, in order to analyse the usefulness of the mutation operators, we measure some basic characteristics of mutation operators with three different CSs under test.",
keywords = "Class diagram mutation, Conceptual schemas, Mutation operators, Mutation testing, Test cases quality",
author = "Granda, \{Maria Fernanda\} and Nelly Condori-Fern{\'a}ndez and Vos, \{Tanja E.J.\} and Oscar Pastor",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.; 28th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2016 ; Conference date: 13-06-2016 Through 17-06-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-39696-5\_20",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
isbn = "9783319396958",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "325--341",
editor = "Selmin Nurcan and Pnina Soffer and Marko Bajec and Johann Eder",
booktitle = "Advanced Information Systems Engineering - 28th International Conference, CAiSE 2016, Proceedings",
}