Method for testing a computer program
US8468503B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 28, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3688
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods for testing a computer program after changing a first version of the computer program into a second version of the computer program due to a revision of the computer program are provided. In one aspect, the method includes determining mutations inserted into the first version of the computer program, and the mutations inserted into the second version of the computer program, and comparing the first version of the computer program with the second version of the computer program to determine changed and unchanged mutations in the second version against the first version. The mutations that can be inserted only in the first version of the computer program or only in the second version of the computer program are classified as changed mutations and the mutations that can be inserted in the first and the second version are classified as unchanged mutations.
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