A Review of Cluster Based Mutant Reduction Technique in Mutation Testing

Abstract

Mutation Testing is a white box software testing technique, that involves modifying a program's source code or byte code in order to test sections of the code that are seldom or never accessed during normal tests execution. Mutation testing improves the quality& reliability of the software but still it is an exhaustiveand computationally expensive testing technique. So, in order to reduce this burden a number of cluster based techniques are being widely used to reduce the number of mutants generated. This paperreviews and analyses these techniques and focuses on the most optimized technique of reducing the computation cost. Keywords: Mutation, reliability mutant, cluster, optimized, advanced environment.