A multi-agent based framework for collaborative testing on Web Services

Proc. - The Fourth IEEE Workshop on Software Technol. for Future Embedded and Ubiquitous Syst., SEUS 2006 andthe Second Int. Workshop on Collaborative Comput., Integr., and Assur., WCCIA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 6-11

  Bai, Xiaoying ^a   Dai, Guilan ^a   Xu, Dezheng ^a   Tsai, Wei Tek ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi agent; Testing; Web services

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; XML;

COORDINATING MECHANISM; MULTIAGENTS; WEB SERVICES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33750903338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEUS-WCCIA.2006.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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