A survey on test data generation techniques based on Mutation Testing

The Spurt is led to increasing the workload for software engineers in context of producing reliable software. Given the importance of producing high quality software، software engineers created an independent process in cycle of software development that called Software Testing. One of the software testing methods that a lot of researches have been done on it is Mutation Testing. Most of the researches include reducing costs of mutant production and using it in various environments (such as security، web، etc.). What is observed as a gap is little attention to the importance of optimized test case generation in Mutation Testing. The paper intends to show importance of test case generation through a comprehensive review and comparison of conducted researches and prepares a road map for researchers who are interested in the field