基于JADE代理的软件测试框架

IF 0.6 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS
Ayyoub Kalache, M. Badri, Farid Mokhati, M. C. Babahenini
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多代理系统被提出作为一种解决方案来缓解当今的软件需求:具有动态和自适应行为的开放和分布式体系结构。像任何其他软件一样,多智能体系统的开发过程容易出错;因此,测试是确保开发产品质量的关键活动。本文阐明了agent测试,因为它是任何多agent系统测试过程的主要人工制品。提出了一个用于JADE平台代理测试的框架——JADE测试框架(JTF)。JTF允许在两个级别测试代理:单元(内部组件)和代理(代理交互)级别。JTF是两个测试解决方案集成的结果:JAT是JADE代理交互测试的著名框架,UJade是为代理单元测试开发的新解决方案。UJade还提供了一个工具箱,用于增强JAT功能。对七个多智能体系统进行的实证研究支持了联合特遣部队在JADE智能体测试中的可用性和有效性。研究结果表明:当一个代理的代码可以在代理或单元级别进行测试时,UJade的测试工作量比JAT小;联合特遣部队提供了更好的测试能力,所开发的测试比单独使用UJade或JAT开发的测试更有效。
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A testing framework for JADE agent-based software
Multi-agent systems are proposed as a solution to mitigate nowadays software requirements: open and distributed architectures with dynamic and adaptive behaviour. Like any other software, multi-agent systems development process is error-prone; thus testing is a key activity to ensure the quality of the developed product. This paper sheds light on agent testing as it is the primary artefact for any multi-agent system’s testing process. A framework called JADE Testing Framework (JTF) for JADE platform’s agent testing is proposed. JTF allows testing agents at two levels: unit (inner-components) and agent (agent interactions) levels. JTF is the result of the integration of two testing solutions: JAT a well-known framework for JADE’s agent’s interaction testing and UJade, a new solution that was developed for agent’s unit testing. UJade provides also a toolbox that allows for enhancing JAT capabilities. The evidence of JTF usability and effectiveness in JADE agent testing was supported by an empirical study conducted on seven multi-agent systems. The results of the study show that: when an agent’s code can be tested either at agent or unit levels UJade is less test’s effort consuming than JAT; JTF provides better testing capabilities and the developed tests are more effective than those developed using UJade or JAT alone.
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Multiagent and Grid Systems
Multiagent and Grid Systems COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS-
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