Towards structured log analysis

JCSSE 2012 - 9th International Joint Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 259-264

  Jayathilake, Dileepa ^a  

^a 99X Research   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

log analysis; log data extraction; log management; mind map; structured logs

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE EVALUATIONS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; IN-FIELD; LOG ANALYSIS; LOG DATA; LOG FILE; LOG INFORMATION; LOG MANAGEMENTS; LOG-FILE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING; PRACTICAL GUIDE; STRUCTURED ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED LOGS; TESTING SOFTWARE; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

BENCHMARKING; INTRUSION DETECTION; SOFTWARE TESTING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84866416537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/JCSSE.2012.6261962     Document Type: Conference Paper

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