An adaptive platform based multi-agents for architecting dependability

Research into describing software architecture with respect to their dependability proprieties has gained attention recently. Fault-tolerance is one of the approaches used to maintain dependability; it is associated with the ability of a system to deliver services according to its specifications in spite of the presence of faults. In this paper, we use a platform based on multi-agents system in order to test, evaluate component, detect fault and error recovery by dynamical reconfigurations of the architecture. An implementation of this platform on Client/Server architecture is presented and some scenarios addressing dependability at architectural level are outlined. In this paper, we discuss the importance of our approach and its benefits for architecting dependable systems and how it supports the improvement of dependability and performance of complex systems.