Chapter 32. Making Testing Adaptive, Interactive, Iterative, and Contextual with Cognitive Intelligence

Natural language and artificial intelligence areas of study have existed for nearly five decades. Now, these combined with predictive analytics have become the building blocks of cognitive analytics. Cognitive analytics systems are being utilized for computing with the goal of creating accurate models of how the human brain senses, reasons, and responds to a stimulus.

This chapter is about the use of cognitive intelligence in testing. In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:

• An introduction to cognitive testing
• The evolution of cognitive technology and available platforms
• The methodologies involved
• It's advantages and some use cases
• The technologies supported
• The costs involved
• The challenges associated in Implementing