Unit and integration testing strategies for C programs using mutation
proposition of the Interface Mutation criterion. This paper presents the results of an experiment using two mutation-based testing criteria for unit and integration testing phases: the Mutation Analysis and the Interface Mutation adequacy criteria, respectively. The aim is to investigate how they can be used in a complementary way during the testing activity, establishing an incremental testing strategy comprising the unit and integration testing phases and guidelines on how to obtain a high mutation score with respect to mutation testing with a low cost, in terms of the number of mutants generated. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
integration testing interface mutation mutation analysis incremental testing strategy unit testing