Author
R.A. DeMillo, E.W. Krauser, R.J. Martin, A.J. Offutt, E.H. Spafford
Abstract
Mothra is a software test environment tha supports mutation-based testing of software systems. Mutation analysis is a powerful software testing technique that evaluates the adequacy of test data based on its ability to differentiate between the program under test and its mutants, where mutants are constructed by inserting single, simple errors into the program under test. Mothra consists of a collection of individual tools, each of which implements a separate, independent function for the testing system. The initial Mothra tool set, for the most part, duplicates functionality existing in previous mutation analysis systems. Current efforts are constructed on extending this basic toolj set to include capabilities previously unavailable to the software testing community. The paper describes the current Mothra tol set extensions planned for the near future.
