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In this paper we focus on the problem of testing agent programs written in BUpL, an executable, high-level modelling agent language. Our approach consists of two main steps. We first define a formal language for the specification of test cases with respect to BUpL. We then implement test cases written in the formal language by means of a general method based on rewrite strategies. Testing an agent program with respect to a given test case corresponds to strategically executing the rewrite theory associated to the agent with respect to the strategy implementing the test case.
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Aştefănoaei, L., de Boer, F.S., van Riemsdijk, M.B. (2010). Using Rewrite Strategies for Testing BUpL Agents. In: De Schreye, D. (eds) Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation. LOPSTR 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6037. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12592-8_11
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