Metamorphic Testing: Testing the Untestable

2018/12/12 by Sergio Segura, Dave Towey, Zhi Quan Zhou +1 · 5 citations
Computer Science · #Advanced Malware Detection Techniques #Software Reliability and Analysis Research #Software Testing and Debugging Techniques

paper · doi:10.1109/ms.2018.2875968

openalex publication_date 2018/12/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

What if we could know that a program is buggy, even if we could not tell whether or not its observed output is correct? Metamorphic testing provides this ability. This article explains the basics of the technique.

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