eventpatternanalysis
nounUK /ɪˈvɛnt ˈpætən əˈnæləsɪs/
US /ɪˈvɛnt ˈpætərn əˈnæləsɪs/
The act of looking closely at things that happen to find the order or rules behind them.
The scientist used event pattern analysis to understand why the lights flickered every night.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A method in computer science for finding repeated sequences in a stream of recorded actions.
The security team ran event pattern analysis on the logs to spot the repeated login attempts.
3. The study of how often and in what order things happen in a system.
Event pattern analysis showed that the machines failed every third week.
4. A way to predict what might happen next by studying past happenings.
Using event pattern analysis, the weather team guessed the storm would return in two days.