Affiliations: [a] Research Laboratory on Computer Science’s Complex Systems (RELA(CS)2) Laboratory, Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria | [b] Multidisciplinary Research Centre for Innovations in SMEs (MrciS), GISMA University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany | [c] Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Tébessa, Tébessa, Algeria
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Corresponding author: Yahia Menassel, Research Laboratory on Computer Science’s Complex Systems (RELA(CS)2) Laboratory, B.P. 358 – 04000, Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: Software reliability refers to the ability of a system to perform its intended function under specified conditions for a specified period of time. The first critical step in the software reliability testing process is to create a Software Operational Profile (SOP). Several methodologies for creating SOP have been proposed. Nonetheless, nearly all the proposed studies have neglected the uniqueness of the new software paradigms, despite the fact that these are generally distinguished by their own concepts and methodologies. One of these software paradigms is multi-agent systems. Rather than using a generic one, it would be more useful to propose a specific methodology for creating SOP. In this paper, we propose a methodology for developing Operational Profile for specific kinds of multi-agent systems (so-called normative multi-agent systems). A detailed case study is used to demonstrate this methodology.
Keywords: Software operational profile, reliability testing process, normative multi-agent systems
