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Goal-Oriented Agent Testing Revisited

Authors:

Erdem Eser Ekinci,

Ali Murat Tiryaki,

Övünç Çetin,

Oguz DikenelliAuthors Info & Claims

Agent-Oriented Software Engineering IX: 9th International Workshop, AOSE 2008 Estoril, Portugal, May 12-13, 2008 Revised Selected Papers

March 2009

Pages 173 - 186

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01338-6_13

Published: 24 March 2009 Publication History

Abstract

Today multi-agent systems research is ready to be transferred to the industrial applications. But, testing is one of the most critical processes to increase the acceptability of such systems in industrial settings. In this paper, we introduce a goal-oriented testing approach based on test goal concept. This approach alleges that agent goals are smallest testable units in MAS's instead of agents unlike other agent testing approaches and tools proposed previously. Moreover, we introduce a testing tool, called as SEAUnit, that provides necessary infrastructure to support proposed approach.

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Goal-Oriented Agent Testing Revisited
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
      1. Multi-agent systems

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Agent-Oriented Software Engineering IX: 9th International Workshop, AOSE 2008 Estoril, Portugal, May 12-13, 2008 Revised Selected Papers

March 2009

287 pages

ISBN:9783642013379

Editors:
Michael Luck
Department of Computer Science, King's College London,Strand, London, UK WC2R 2LS
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Jorge J. Gomez-Sanz
Facultad de Informatica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28040

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Published: 24 March 2009

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