AgentTest: A specification language for agent-based system testing

摘要

AgentTest is a sublanguage of TTCN-3, aimed at specifying and testing agent-based systems. Its major strength is its unification and automation of abstract test suite generation and structured testing methodology for agent-based systems. AgentTest enables formal and strongly typed modelling of agent-based systems and their unit and agent testing. This paper introduces the syntax and semantics of AgentTest language and its modelling and testing methodology through the example of an agent-based weather system. AgentTest methodology is also complemented with an evolutionary testing methodology for test case generation based on a multi-objective genetic algorithm.