Preparation and Utilization of Mixed States for Testing Quantum Programs—RCR Report

This article presents a Replicated Computational Results (RCR) report for our article “Preparation and Utilization of Mixed States for Testing Quantum Programs” accepted by ACM TOSEM. The article proposes a novel type of test cases tailored for unit testing of Quantum Programs (QPs), i.e., Mixed-State Test Cases (MSTCs). Compared to Pure-State Test Cases (PSTCs) adopted in previous related works, which merely considered pure states as the test inputs, MSTCs can incorporate mixed states in the input domain of QPs. As claimed in our article, MSTCs can promote test efficiency when covering a given input domain, and also contribute to test effectiveness owing to their prone to detect more faults. This RCR report describes how to examine the functionality of our related artifacts and replicate the empirical results of our article. We have made our artifacts publicly available, including complete code, raw data, and detailed documentation, which not only facilitates result replication but also enhances the potential for reuse in future studies.