Using log analytics and process mining to enable self-healing in the Internet of Things

• The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly developing in diverse and critical applications such as environmental sensing and industrial control systems. IoT devices can be very heterogeneous in terms of hardware and software architectures, communication protocols, and/or manufacturers. Therefore, when those devices are connected together to build a complex system, detecting and fixing any anomalies can be very challenging. In this paper, we explore a relatively novel technique known as Process Mining, which—in combination with log-file analytics and machine learning—can support early diagnosis, prognosis, and subsequent automated repair to improve the resilience of IoT devices within possibly complex cyber-physical systems. Issues addressed in this paper include generation of consistent Event Logs and definition of a roadmap toward effective Process Discovery and Conformance Checking to support Self-Healing in IoT.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Anomaly detection

Cyber-physical systems

Data driven

Resilience

Self-diagnostics

Self-repair

analytical method

detection method

Internet

machine learning

software

Computer Science

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