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JAT: a test automation framework for multi-agent systems

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JAT: a test automation framework for multi-agent systems. / Coelho, Roberta; Cirilo, Elder; Kulesza, Uirá et al.
Software Maintenance, 2007. ICSM 2007. IEEE International Conference on . IEEE Publishing, 2007. p. 425-434.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

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Coelho, R, Cirilo, E, Kulesza, U, von Staa, A & Rashid, A 2007, JAT: a test automation framework for multi-agent systems. in Software Maintenance, 2007. ICSM 2007. IEEE International Conference on . IEEE Publishing, pp. 425-434, 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2007), Paris, France, 2/10/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.2007.4362655

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Coelho, R., Cirilo, E., Kulesza, U., von Staa, A., & Rashid, A. (2007). JAT: a test automation framework for multi-agent systems. In Software Maintenance, 2007. ICSM 2007. IEEE International Conference on (pp. 425-434). IEEE Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.2007.4362655

Vancouver

Coelho R, Cirilo E, Kulesza U, von Staa A, Rashid A. JAT: a test automation framework for multi-agent systems. In Software Maintenance, 2007. ICSM 2007. IEEE International Conference on . IEEE Publishing. 2007. p. 425-434 doi: 10.1109/ICSM.2007.4362655

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Coelho, Roberta ; Cirilo, Elder ; Kulesza, Uirá et al. / JAT : a test automation framework for multi-agent systems. Software Maintenance, 2007. ICSM 2007. IEEE International Conference on . IEEE Publishing, 2007. pp. 425-434

Bibtex

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abstract = "Automated tests have been widely used as a supporting mechanism during software development and maintenance activities. It improves the confidence on software releases as it seeks to uncover regression bugs, and serves as a live documentation which is very useful when evolving systems. Concerning multi agent systems (MASs), some characteristics such as agent autonomy and asynchronous message-based interaction bring a degree of non-determinism which presents new testing challenges. This paper proposes JAT, a framework for building and running MASs test scenarios, which relies on the use of aspect-oriented techniques to monitor the autonomous agents during tests and control the test input of asynchronous test cases. The tool has been developed on top of JADE, a widely used agent platform implemented in Java. We have used JAT on testing 3 different MASs. Our experience shows that JAT can be used to build test scenarios which can achieve high fault-detection effectiveness.",
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