Testing applications using application features grouped into categories of human senses

An application testing system for generating test scenarios to test an application, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• identifying a plurality of features associated with the application, wherein each of the plurality of features is a functionality of the application;
• comparing the identified plurality of features with a plurality of predefined application features, wherein the plurality of predefined application features are mapped with a plurality of groups comprising associated sub-groups, wherein a mapped group is used to interpret a corresponding predefined application feature and a sub-group is an input to determine a corresponding group, wherein the plurality of groups include one or more of a smell group, a hearing group, a touch group, or a taste group, wherein the smell group comprises a plurality of predefined application smell features including history, cache, application size, and database size of the application, wherein the hearing group comprises a plurality of predefined application hearing features including sounds, voice recognition, and screen orientation of the application, wherein the touch group comprises a plurality of predefined application touch features including sensors, touch screen, 3D touch, and vibrations of the application, and wherein the taste group comprises a plurality of predefined application taste features including an operating system, load, design for particular user community, and non-functional features of the application;
• creating a data structure comprising a plurality of nodes arranged in a plurality of layers, wherein the data structure represents the mapping of the plurality of predefined application features with the plurality of groups and the corresponding sub-groups;
• and
• generating a plurality of test scenarios for the application by applying combinatorial analysis using a boolean operation at each of the plurality of nodes of the data structure, wherein each of the plurality of test scenarios represents a possible input pattern of all nodes within the data structure, and wherein an outcome of a test scenario represents an evaluation of the application based on the mapped groups and sub-groups.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for generating test scenarios to test an application, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• identify, via a feature identifier, a plurality of features associated with the application, wherein each of the plurality of features is a functionality of the application;
• compare, via a feature mapping processor, the identified plurality of features with a plurality of predefined application features, wherein the plurality of predefined application features are mapped with a plurality of groups comprising associated sub-groups, wherein a mapped group is used to interpret a corresponding predefined application feature and a sub-group is an input to determine a corresponding group, wherein the plurality of groups include one or more of a smell group, a hearing group, a touch group, or a taste group, wherein the smell group comprises a plurality of predefined application smell features including history, cache, application size, and database size of the application, wherein the hearing group comprises a plurality of predefined application hearing features including sounds, voice recognition, and screen orientation of the application, wherein the touch group comprises a plurality of predefined application touch features including sensors, touch screen, 3D touch, and vibrations of the application, and wherein the taste group comprises a plurality of predefined application taste features including an operating system, load, design for particular user community, and non-functional features of the application;
• create, via a data structure processor, a data structure comprising a plurality of nodes arranged in a plurality of layers, wherein the data structure represents the mapping of the plurality of predefined application features with the plurality of groups and the corresponding sub-groups;
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• generate, via an automation processor, a plurality of test scenarios for the application by applying combinatorial analysis using a boolean operation at each of the plurality of nodes of the data structure, wherein each of the plurality of test scenarios represents a possible input pattern of all nodes within the data structure, and wherein an outcome of a test scenario represents an evaluation of the application based on the mapped groups and sub-groups.