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Event Processing for Business: Organizing the Real-Time Enterprise

Name: Event Processing for Business: Organizing the Real-Time Enterprise
Author: David C. Luckham
ISBN: 9780470534854

by David C. Luckham

December 2011

Intermediate to advanced

288 pages

7h 29m

English

Wiley

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Cover
Contents
Title
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Event Processing and the Survival of the Modern Enterprise
Four Basic Questions about EventsWhat Are Events and Which Ones Are Important?Why Invest in Event Processing?Know How Well You’re DoingUse All Event SourcesDetect When What You Need to Know HappensEvent Processing in UseThe Human Element and Other Sources of ErrorsExtract What You Want to KnowGetting Started
Chapter 2: Sixty Years of Event Processing
Event Driven SimulationNetworksActive DatabasesMiddlewareThe Enterprise Service BusChaos in the Marketing of Information SystemsService Oriented ArchitectureEvent Driven ArchitectureSummary: Event Processing, 1950–2010
Chapter 3: First Concepts in Event Processing
New Technology Begets New ProblemsWhat Is an Event?Event CloudsLevels of Events and Event AnalysisRemark on Standards for Business EventsEvent StreamsProcessing the Event CloudComplex Event Processing and Systems That Use ItDiscussion: Immutability of EventsSummary
Chapter 4: The Rise of Commercial Event Processing
The Dawn of Complex Event Processing (CEP)Four Stages of CEPSimple CEP (1999–2007)CEP versus Custom CodingCreeping CEP (2004–2012)Business Activity MonitoringAwareness and Education in Event ProcessingLanguages for Event ProcessingDashboards and Human-Computer InterfacesHuman-Computer InterfacesCEP Becomes a Recognized Information Technology (2009–2020)Event Processing StandardsUbiquitous CEP

Chapter 5: Markets and Emerging Markets for CEP
Market AreasFinancial Systems, Operations, and ServicesFraud DetectionTransportationSecurity and Command and ControlCommand and Control for SecurityHealth CareEnergySummary
Chapter 6: Patterns of Events
Events and Event ObjectsOverloading Two MeaningsPatterns and Pattern MatchingSingle Event PatternsProcessing Patterns by MachinePatterns of Multiple Events Using OperatorsEvent Patterns and StateEvent Patterns and TimeCausality between EventsRepetitive and Unbounded BehaviorRequirements for an Event Pattern LanguageCorrectness and Other Questions
Chapter 7: Making Sense of Chaos in Real Time: Part 1
Event Type SpacesRestricting the Types of Event Inputs May Not Be an OptionThe Expanding Input Principle: Always Plan for New Types of Event Inputs and Event OutputsArchitecting Event Processing StrategiesGross FiltersPrioritization: Split Streaming, Topics, Sentiments, and Other AttributesComplex Filtering and Prioritization Using Event PatternsSummary
Chapter 8: Making Sense of Chaos in Real Time: Part 2
Abstract Events and ViewsLevels of Abstraction and ViewsOrganizing ViewsComputing Abstractions by Event Pattern MapsComputable Event HierarchiesFlexibility of Hierarchy DefinitionsDrill Down and Event AnalysisSummary: Dealing with Information Overload
Chapter 9: The Future of Event Processing
Taking StockThe Evolution of Holistic Event Processing SystemsCrossing BoundariesThe Beginnings of Holistic Event Processing SystemsFuture Air Travel Management SystemsMonitoring Human ActivitiesPandemic Watch SystemsMonitoring the ConsequencesSolving Gridlock in the MetropolisMonitoring Your Personal Information FootprintSummary: The Future of Complex Event Processing
Appendix: Glossary of Terminology: The Event Processing Technical Society: (EPTS) Glossary of Terms—Version 2.0
Alphabetical List of Glossary Terms
Glossary of Terms
Glossary According to Lexicographic Order (definitions only)
About the Author
Index

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APPENDIX

Glossary of Terminology: The Event Processing Technical Society

(EPTS) Glossary of Terms—Version 2.0

Compiled by

David Luckham & W. Roy Schulte

and

EPTS Glossary Working Group Members:

Jeff Adkins

Pedro Bizarro

H.-Arno Jacobsen

Albert Mavashev

Brenda M. Michelson

Peter Niblett

David Tucker

February 2010

Permission to copy and display this glossary in any medium without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you include the copyright notice as shown herein and link or URL to the Material on the EPTS website.

DISCLAIMERS:

This material is provided “as is,” and the Event Processing Technical Society (EPTS) and its members make no representations or warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or title; that the contents of this material are suitable for any purpose; nor that the implementation of such contents will not infringe any third-party patents, copyrights, trademarks, or other rights.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the EPTS and its members will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of any use of this material or the performance or implementation of the contents thereof.

No other rights are granted by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.

Acknowledgments: We are indebted to many correspondents who have made ...

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