Testing multi-agent systems for unwanted behavior

自适应或与其他系统交互的计算机系统对软件测试方法提出了新的挑战。虽然这样的系统提供了更多的自主性（以及更少的人类管理需求）和紧急行为的可能性，这些行为提供了单一系统无法实现的能力，但这些可能性也可能导致负面和意想不到的影响。一个系统可能会以错误的方式适应，或者当几个系统试图相互作用时，我们可能会出现紧急的不当行为。本研究提案是关于新的测试方法，能够发现一个系统或一组系统（多智能体系统）的这种不必要的行为。这将有助于确保我们可以利用多代理系统的优势，而无需特别的安全问题。

Computer systems that adapt themselves or interact with other systems provide new challenges to software testing methods. While such systems offer the possibility for more autonomy (and less need for human administration) and the possibility for emergent behaviors that provide abilities that are not possible for a single system, these same possibilities can also result in negative and unexpected effects. A system might adapt in the wrong way, or we might have emergent misbehavior when several systems try to interact with each other. This research proposal is about new testing methods that are able to find such unwanted behavior of a system or a group of systems (a multi-agent system). This will help to ensure that we can make use of the advantages of multi-agent systems without special safety concerns.