B.2 Causal Engine concept
Causal Engine uses the following sequential approach to incident generation:
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Formally define the root-cause problems and symptoms.
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Perform analysis by relating symptoms to root-cause problems using the behavioral and object models. Symptoms come from two sources:
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Generate conclusions that relate to the root causes.
Causal Engine conclusions include the artifacts related to the model, which include the following details:
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Generated incidents
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Correlated incidents
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Suppressed incidents
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Canceled incidents
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Status on relevant objects
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