International Business Machines Corporation
Determining causes of events in data

Abstract:

A method and system for determining causes. The method includes generating a set of cause indices. Each cause index includes a cause, at least one pattern, and a probability of the cause for the pattern. The method also includes receiving a data set, and determining that one or more indexed patterns match a pattern in the data set. Further, the method includes retrieving causes for the indexed patterns that match the pattern in the data set, as well as determining probabilities of the retrieved causes for the pattern in the data set.