Multi-agent environment for software quality assurance, AUTOQ

Software quality assurance (SQA) is an essential process to ensure high quality products. With the maturing of the agent technology, SQA can take advantage of this new development. This paper presents a framework of a multi-agent environment (AUTOQ) that can aid software quality assurance. SQA activities that can be performed by agents have been identified. A scenario of how multi-site software development can use AUTOQ is presented. It is expected that the use of AUTOQ will improve the monitoring and controlling of SQA activities and eliminates most manual effort