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A Framework for Network Fault Management Using Software Agents
Edidiong Uyai EKAETTE Behrouz Homayoun FAR
Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems
Vol.E87-D
No.4
pp.947-958 Publication Date: 2004/04/01 Online ISSN:
DOI: Print ISSN: 0916-8532 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Knowledge-Based Software Engineering) Category: System Keyword: network fault management, software agent, event correlation, Bayesian network,
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Summary:
This paper proposes a framework for distributed network management by incorporating fault and performance management metrics in a hierarchical decision making model. The goal of this research is to automate the fault management process. The fault management system is organized as a three level information processing model. Correlation results from each level are provided as evidence to the next level. Causal and temporal relationships between monitored variables are captured using Dynamic Bayesian Networks. As evidence is gathered, the probability of the presence of a fault is either strengthened or weakened. The proposed model is used for proactive fault detection as well as fault isolation purposes. A prototype implementing the ideas is presented.
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