Quality Assurance of Agent-Based and Self-Managed Systems

Informationen zum Autor Reiner R. Dumke is currently working at the Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany, as a professor with software engineering as research field. He is one of the founders of the Software Measurement Laboratory (SML@b) of the computer science department at the University of Magdeburg and co-editor of the Measurement News Journal. Steffen Mencke holds a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (2005) and a Ph.D. degree from the Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany. The German state of Saxony-Anhalt awarded him a scholarship to work on his Ph.D. thesis about "Proactive Ontology-Based Content Provision in the Context of e-Learning", which he successfully defended in 2008. His research interest covers the Semantic Web, Agent Technology, e-Learning and Software Engineering. Cornelius Wille teaches in software engineering as a professor at the University of Applied Sciences Bingen, Germany. Klappentext Based on the authors' more than fifteen years of experience in software agent technology! this book first presents the essential basics! aspects! and structures of the agent technology. It then covers the main quality aspects in software system development and gives current examples of agent measurement and evaluation. Focusing on software agent systems and multi-agent systems (MAS)! the authors discuss the determination of quality properties. They also explain different techniques and approaches to evaluate the development of MAS. The final chapter summarizes quality assurance approaches for agent-based systems and discusses some open problems and future directions. Zusammenfassung Presents the essential basics, aspects, and structures of the agent technology. This book covers the main quality aspects in software system development and gives the examples of agent measurement and evaluation. Focusing on software agent systems and multi-agent systems, it discusses the determination of quality properties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Software Agent Technology. Software Quality Assurance. Agent Quality Measurement and Evaluation. Quality Measurement of Agent Systems. Quality-Based Development of Agent Systems. Conclusions. Index....

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• Authors: Reiner Dumke, Reiner (University of Magdeburg Dumke, Reiner Mencke Dumke, Dumke Reiner, Steffen Mencke, Steffen (University of Magdeburg Mencke, Mencke Steffen, Cornelius Wille, Cornelius (University of Applied Science Bingen Wille, Wille Cornelius
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.2009
• EAN: 9781439812662
• ISBN: 978-1-4398-1266-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Software Engineering, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, COMPUTERS / Information Technology, computer science, Electrical Engineering, Information technology: general issues, Electronics engineering, Information technology: general topics, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services