HIERARCHICAL TEMPORAL CLUSTERING, METRIC CLUSTERING AND ATTRIBUTE CLUSTERING OF ELECTRONIC TERMINAL REPORTS TO IDENTIFY ELECTRONIC TERMINALS FOR ANALYSIS

摘要

A method of performing operations on a processor of an application analysis computer includes obtaining reports from electronic terminals. The reports contain metrics for operation of instances of an application processed by the electronic terminals and attributes of the electronic terminals characterizing their application processing platforms. Metrics clusters of the reports are generated based on the metrics. Attribute clusters of the reports are generated based on the attributes contained in the reports of one of the metrics clusters which satisfy a defined metric rule. One of the attribute clusters, which contains reports obtained from less than a threshold number of distinct electronic terminals, is identified. Identifiers of the electronic terminals are determined based on the attributes contained in the reports in the one of the attribute clusters. Information is communicated based on the identifiers of the electronic terminals.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
performing operations as follows on a processor of an application analysis computer: obtaining reports from electronic terminals, the reports containing metrics for operation of instances of an application processed by the electronic terminals and attributes of the electronic terminals characterizing their application processing platforms; generating metrics clusters of the reports based on the metrics; generating attribute clusters of the reports based on the attributes contained in the reports of one of the metrics clusters which satisfy a defined metric rule; identifying one of the attribute clusters that contains reports obtained from less than a threshold number of distinct electronic terminals; determining identifiers of the electronic terminals based on the attributes contained in the reports in the one of the attribute clusters; and communicating information based on the identifiers of the electronic terminals.