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Log anomaly detection is a key component in the field of artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps). Considering log data of variant domains, retraining the whole network for unknown domains is inefficient in real industrial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Hongcheng Guo , Xingyu Lin , Jian Yang , Yi Zhuang , Jiaqi Bai , Tieqiao Zheng , Bo Zhang , Zhoujun Li

Process anomaly detection is an important application of process mining for identifying deviations from the normal behavior of a process. Neural network-based methods have recently been applied to this task, learning directly from event…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Devashish Gaikwad , Wil M. P. van der Aalst , Gyunam Park

Automated analysis methods are crucial aids for monitoring and defending a network to protect the sensitive or confidential data it hosts. This work introduces a flexible, powerful, and unsupervised approach to detecting anomalous behavior…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-12-05 Aaron Tuor , Ryan Baerwolf , Nicolas Knowles , Brian Hutchinson , Nicole Nichols , Rob Jasper

Detecting anomalies in discrete event logs is critical for ensuring system reliability, security, and efficiency. Traditional window-based methods for log anomaly detection often suffer from context bias and fuzzy localization, which hinder…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Jiaxing Qi , Chang Zeng , Zhongzhi Luan , Shaohan Huang , Shu Yang , Yao Lu , Hailong Yang , Depei Qian

Most log-based anomaly detectors assume logs are stable, though logs are often unstable due to software or environmental changes. Anomaly detection on unstable logs (ULAD) is therefore a more realistic, yet under-investigated challenge.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Fatemeh Hadadi , Qinghua Xu , Domenico Bianculli , Lionel Briand

As software systems grow increasingly intricate, the precise detection of anomalies have become both essential and challenging. Current log-based anomaly detection methods depend heavily on vast amounts of log data leading to inefficient…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Lingzhe Zhang , Tong Jia , Kangjin Wang , Mengxi Jia , Yang Yong , Ying Li

Logs are semi-structured text files that represent software's execution paths and states during its run-time. Therefore, detecting anomalies in software logs reflect anomalies in the software's execution path or state. So, it has become a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Shayan Hashemi , Mika Mäntylä

Logs are widely used in the development and maintenance of software systems. Logs can help engineers understand the runtime behavior of systems and diagnose system failures. For anomaly diagnosis, existing methods generally use log event…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Haitian Yang , Degang Sun , Wen Liu , Yanshu Li , Yan Wang , Weiqing Huang

Due to the complexity of modern IT services, failures can be manifold, occur at any stage, and are hard to detect. For this reason, anomaly detection applied to monitoring data such as logs allows gaining relevant insights to improve IT…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Thorsten Wittkopp , Dominik Scheinert , Philipp Wiesner , Alexander Acker , Odej Kao

Anomalies represent deviations from the intended system operation and can lead to decreased efficiency as well as partial or complete system failure. As the causes of anomalies are often unknown due to complex system dynamics, efficient…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Benjamin Lindemann , Benjamin Maschler , Nada Sahlab , Michael Weyrich

Event logs are widely used for anomaly detection and prediction in complex systems. Existing log-based anomaly detection methods usually consist of four main steps: log collection, log parsing, feature extraction, and anomaly detection,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Zhong Li , Matthijs van Leeuwen

Data anomalies are ubiquitous in real world datasets, and can have an adverse impact on machine learning (ML) systems, such as automated home valuation. Detecting anomalies could make ML applications more responsible and trustworthy.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Egor Klevak , Sangdi Lin , Andy Martin , Ondrej Linda , Eric Ringger

Deep learning has recently demonstrated state-of-the art performance on key tasks related to the maintenance of computer systems, such as intrusion detection, denial of service attack detection, hardware and software system failures, and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-03-15 Andy Brown , Aaron Tuor , Brian Hutchinson , Nicole Nichols

One of the most challenging problems in the field of intrusion detection is anomaly detection for discrete event logs. While most earlier work focused on applying unsupervised learning upon engineered features, most recent work has started…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-04 Lun-Pin Yuan , Peng Liu , Sencun Zhu

System log anomaly detection is critical for maintaining the reliability of large-scale software systems, yet traditional methods struggle with the heterogeneous and evolving nature of modern log data. Recent advances in Large Language…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Disha Patel

Logs, being run-time information automatically generated by software, record system events and activities with their timestamps. Before obtaining more insights into the run-time status of the software, a fundamental step of log analysis,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Yintong Huo , Yuxin Su , Cheryl Lee , Michael R. Lyu

Log anomaly detection is essential for system reliability, but it is extremely challenging to do considering it involves class imbalance. Additionally, the models trained in one domain are not applicable to other domains, necessitating the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Krishna Sharma , Vivek Yelleti

Artificial intelligence operations (AIOps) play a pivotal role in identifying, mitigating, and analyzing anomalous system behaviors and alerts. However, the research landscape in this field remains limited, leaving significant gaps…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Daksh Dave , Gauransh Sawhney , Dhruv Khut , Sahil Nawale , Pushkar Aggrawal , Prasenjit Bhavathankar

Event logs are widely used to record the status of high-tech systems, making log anomaly detection important for monitoring those systems. Most existing log anomaly detection methods take a log event count matrix or log event sequences as…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-25 Zhong Li , Jiayang Shi , Matthijs van Leeuwen

Log data store event execution patterns that correspond to underlying workflows of systems or applications. While most logs are informative, log data also include artifacts that indicate failures or incidents. Accordingly, log data are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Max Landauer , Florian Skopik , Markus Wurzenberger