Mutation testing realizes the idea of using artificial defects to support testing activities.
Mutation is typically used as a way to evaluate the adequacy of test suites, to guide the …

Empirical validation of software testing studies is increasingly relying on mutants. This
practice is motivated by the strong correlation between mutant scores and real fault …

Blockchain technologies have had a rather disruptive impact on many sectors of the
contemporary society. The establishment of virtual currencies is probably the most …

Search-based software testing (SBST) is now a mature area, with numerous techniques
developed to tackle the challenging task of software testing. SBST techniques have shown …

Background: Writing unit tests is one of the primary activities in test-driven development. Yet,
the existing reviews report few evidence supporting or refuting the effect of this development …

Smart Contracts are software programs that are deployed and executed within a blockchain
infrastructure. Due to their immutable nature, directly resulting from the specific …

It is crucial that smart contracts are tested thoroughly due to their immutable nature. Even
small bugs in smart contracts can lead to huge monetary losses. However, testing is not …

Background Software defect prediction is one of the most important research topics in
software engineering. An important product measure to determine the effectiveness of …

Mutation testing is a powerful test adequacy assessment technique that can guarantee the
deployment of deeply scrutinized and more reliable Smart Contract code. However …

Several metrics have been proposed in the past to quantify the effectiveness of a test suite;
they are usually types of coverage metrics, because it is sensible to quantify the …