Automated identification of failure causes in system logs

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 117-126

  Mariani, Leonardo ^a   Pastore, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS EVENTS; AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION; AUTOMATIC TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSE FAILURES; LOG FILE; MANUAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 67249163712     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2008.48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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