In recent years, Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) methodologies are proposed to develop complex distributed systems based upon the agent paradigm. The implementation for such systems has usually the form of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). MAS’ testing is a challenging task because these systems are often programmed to be autonomous and deliberative, and they operate in an open world, which...

Effective validation of quality-of-service (QoS) properties (such as event prioritization, latency, and throughput) in distributed real-time and embedded (DRE) system requires evaluating system capabilities in representative execution environments. This validation process typically involves executing DRE systems composed of many software components on many hardware components connected via netw...