Towards A Sufficient Set of Mutation Operators for Structured Query Language (SQL)

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dc.contributor.authorMcCormick II, Donald W.en
dc.contributor.committeechairFrakes, William B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKulczycki, Gregory W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLu, Chang-Tienen
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:36:06Zen
dc.date.adate2010-05-25en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:36:06Zen
dc.date.issued2010-04-28en
dc.date.rdate2010-05-25en
dc.date.sdate2010-05-10en
dc.description.abstractTest suites for database applications depend on adequate test data and real-world test faults for success. An automated tool is available that quantifies test data coverage for database queries written in SQL. An automated tool is also available that mimics real-world faults by mutating SQL, however tests have revealed that these simulated faults do not completely represent real-world faults. This paper demonstrates how half of the mutation operators used by the SQL mutation tool in real-world test suites generated significantly lower detection scores than those from research test suites. Three revised mutation operators are introduced that improve detection scores and contribute toward re-defining a sufficient set of mutation operators for SQL. Finally, a procedure is presented that reduces the test burden by automatically comparing SQL mutants with their original queries.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05102010-182118en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05102010-182118/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32526en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartMcCormick_DW_T_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDatabase Testingen
dc.subjectTest Adequacy Criteriaen
dc.subjectMutation Testingen
dc.subjectSQL Testingen
dc.titleTowards A Sufficient Set of Mutation Operators for Structured Query Language (SQL)en
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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