Importance of Software Verification and Validation

Abstract

During the course of software development, project developers will employ several different verification and validation (V&V) practices with their software, but these efforts might not be recorded or maintained in an effective manner. Verification is the assurance that the products of a particular development phase are consistent with the requirements of that phase and preceding phases, while validation is the assurance that the final product meets system requirements. This paper provides the importance, concepts and understanding the verification and validation for the software development and gave the overview on V&V of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) . The verification and validation techniques will help provide higher quality software and that is deliverable in the required time period to the customer or end user.