A Test Driven Development of MAS
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چکیده
Testing is a key software lifecycle activity to assure software quality. Although it is of recognized importance, the work on agent testing has been scarce and has been usually tied to a MAS design methodology. This article presents a methodology agnostic testing procedure along with the description of a testing toolkit for MAS, with a practical application to a real, in production MAS. We also present some insights into our practical experience testing MAS.
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