Complex event processing
In this chapter, we explore the IBM InfoSphere Steams Complex Event Processing Toolkit. For brevity, we refer to it as the CEP Toolkit in the remainder of this chapter.
The following quotation is from the Complex Event Processing Toolkit overview in the IBM information center:
“Complex event processing (CEP) uses patterns to detect composite events in streams of tuples. For example, CEP can be used to detect stock price patterns, routing patterns in transportation applications, or user behavior patterns in web commerce ...