Patent attributes
Load testing a service having a plurality of different states is provided. A multitude of simulated users accessing the service are divided into a plurality of cohorts. Simulated users within a given cohort share a similar personality type. A load test of the service is performed by applying a set of service requests from each respective cohort to the service. In response to a percentage of simulated users of each cohort encountering a particular state in the service, a user response is determined for the percentage of simulated users within each cohort at that particular state based on a probabilistic user behavior model corresponding to a personality type of each cohort such that user responses at that particular state are distributed in accordance with the probabilistic user behavior model. Distributed user responses at that particular state are applied to the load test in accordance with the probabilistic user behavior model.
