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Revealing anomalies to support error detection in software-intensive systems is a promising approach when traditional detection mechanisms are considered inadequate or not applicable. The core of anomaly detection lies in the definition of the expected behavior of the observed system. Unfortunately, the behavior of complex and dynamic systems is particularly difficult to understand. To improve the accuracy of anomaly detection in such systems, in this paper we present a context-aware anomaly detection framework which acquires information on the running services to calibrate the anomaly detection. To cope with system dynamicity, our framework avoids instrumenting probes into the application layer of the observed system monitoring multiple underlying layers instead. Experimental evaluation shows that the detection accuracy is increased considerably through context-awareness and multiple layers monitoring. Results are compared to state-of-the-art anomaly detectors exercised in demanding more static contexts.
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This work has been partially supported by the Joint Program Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe via the IRENE project, by the European FP7-ICT-2013-10-610535 AMADEOS project and by the European FP7-IRSES DEVASSES.
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Zoppi, T., Ceccarelli, A., Bondavalli, A. (2016). Context-Awareness to Improve Anomaly Detection in Dynamic Service Oriented Architectures. In: Skavhaug, A., Guiochet, J., Bitsch, F. (eds) Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security. SAFECOMP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9922. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45477-1_12
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