Using an Agent-based Approach for Robust Automated Testing of Computer Games

Samira Shirzadehhajimahmood; I. S. W. B. Prasetya; Frank Dignum; Mehdi Dastani; Gabriele Keller

doi:10.1145/3472672.3473952

Using an Agent-based Approach for Robust Automated Testing of Computer Games

Samira Shirzadehhajimahmood, I. S. W. B. Prasetya, Frank Dignum, Mehdi Dastani, Gabriele Keller

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Modern computer games typically have a huge interaction spaces and non-deterministic environments. Automation in testing can provide a vital boost in development and it further improves the overall software's reliability and efficiency. Moreover, layout and game logic may regularly change during development or consecutive releases which makes it difficult to test because the usage of the system continuously changes. To deal with the latter, tests also need to be robust. Unfortunately, existing game testing approaches are not capable of maintaining test robustness. To address these challenges, this paper presents an agent-based approach for robust automated testing based on the reasoning type of AI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	A-TEST 2021: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Automating TEST Case Design, Selection, and Evaluation
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-8623-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3472672.3473952
Publication status	Published - 23 Aug 2021
Event	Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Automating TEST Case Design, Selection, and Evaluation (A-TEST ’21). - Athens , Greece Duration: 23 Aug 2021 → 24 Aug 2021 https://dl-acm-org.proxy.library.uu.nl/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3472672

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Conference	Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Automating TEST Case Design, Selection, and Evaluation (A-TEST ’21).
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	23/08/21 → 24/08/21
Internet address	https://dl-acm-org.proxy.library.uu.nl/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3472672

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robust automated testing
agent-based automated testing
automated testing of computer games

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Shirzadehhajimahmood, S., Prasetya, I. S. W. B., Dignum, F., Dastani, M., & Keller, G. (2021). Using an Agent-based Approach for Robust Automated Testing of Computer Games. In A-TEST 2021: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Automating TEST Case Design, Selection, and Evaluation (pp. 1-8). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3472672.3473952

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Using an Agent-based Approach for Robust Automated Testing of Computer Games. / Shirzadehhajimahmood, Samira; Prasetya, I. S. W. B.; Dignum, Frank et al.
A-TEST 2021: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Automating TEST Case Design, Selection, and Evaluation. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021. p. 1-8.

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