Merged PR 452: Automate the benchmark process

## Summary
This pull request integrates full automation of the PrimAITE benchmarking process into our Azure DevOps pipeline, enhancing consistency and minimizing manual effort.

#### Key Changes:

1.  **Pipeline Automation**: Configured to trigger on commits to `dev` and `release` branches, with scheduled runs during off-peak hours.

2.  **Error Handling Improvements**: The pipeline is set to fail on any Python execution errors, ensuring immediate identification of issues.

3.  **Artifact Publishing**: Benchmark results are now automatically compressed and published as artifacts, facilitating easy access and analysis.

## Test process
Tested the pipeline runs from end-to-end and produces a working benchmark report: https://dev.azure.com/ma-dev-uk/PrimAITE/_build/results?buildId=5280&view=results

## Checklist
- [ ] PR is linked to a **work item**
- [ ] **acceptance criteria** of linked ticket are met
- [ ] performed **self-review** of the code
- [ ] written **tests** for any new functionality added with this PR
- [ ] updated the **documentation** if this PR changes or adds functionality
- [ ] written/updated **design docs** if this PR implements new functionality
- [ ] updated the **change log**
- [ ] ran **pre-commit** checks for code style
- [ ] attended to any **TO-DOs** left in the code

Related work items: #2739

.azure/azure-benchmark-pipeline.yaml

@@ -11,14 +11,17 @@ schedules:
   branches:
     include:
     - 'refs/heads/dev'
-
-pool:
-  vmImage: ubuntu-latest
-
 variables:
   VERSION: ''
   MAJOR_VERSION: ''
 
+jobs:
+- job: PrimAITE_Benchmark
+  timeoutInMinutes: 360 # 6-hour maximum
+  pool:
+    vmImage: ubuntu-latest
+  workspace:
+    clean: all
   steps:
   - checkout: self
     persistCredentials: true
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: 'Install Dependencies'
 
   - script: |
+      set -e
       cd benchmark
       python3 primaite_benchmark.py
       cd ..

benchmark/results/v3/v3.0.0/v3.0.0_benchmark_metadata.json

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "av_s_per_session": 3205.6340542,
     "av_s_per_step": 0.10017606419375,
     "av_s_per_100_steps_10_nodes": 10.017606419375,
-    "combined_av_reward_per_episode": {
+    "combined_total_reward_per_episode": {
         "1": -53.42999999999999,
         "2": -25.18000000000001,
         "3": -42.00000000000002,