Contents
Chapter 1: Event Processing and the Survival of the Modern Enterprise
Four Basic Questions about Events
What Are Events and Which Ones Are Important?
Why Invest in Event Processing?
Detect When What You Need to Know Happens
The Human Element and Other Sources of Errors
Chapter 2: Sixty Years of Event Processing
Chaos in the Marketing of Information Systems
Summary: Event Processing, 1950–2010
Chapter 3: First Concepts in Event Processing
New Technology Begets New Problems
Levels of Events and Event Analysis
Remark on Standards for Business Events
Complex Event Processing and Systems That Use It
Discussion: Immutability of Events
Chapter 4: The Rise of Commercial Event Processing
The Dawn of Complex Event Processing (CEP)
Awareness and Education in Event Processing
Languages for Event Processing
Dashboards and Human-Computer Interfaces
CEP Becomes a Recognized Information Technology (2009–2020)
Chapter 5: Markets and Emerging Markets for CEP
Financial Systems, Operations, and Services
Security and Command and Control
Command and Control for Security
Processing Patterns by Machine
Patterns of Multiple Events Using Operators
Repetitive and Unbounded Behavior
Requirements for an Event Pattern Language
Correctness and Other Questions
Chapter 7: Making Sense of Chaos in Real Time: Part 1
Restricting the Types of Event Inputs May Not Be an Option
The Expanding Input Principle: Always Plan for New Types of Event Inputs and Event Outputs
Architecting Event Processing Strategies
Prioritization: Split Streaming, Topics, Sentiments, and Other Attributes
Complex Filtering and Prioritization Using Event Patterns
Chapter 8: Making Sense of Chaos in Real Time: Part 2
Levels of Abstraction and Views
Computing Abstractions by Event Pattern Maps
Flexibility of Hierarchy Definitions
Summary: Dealing with Information Overload
Chapter 9: The Future of Event Processing
The Evolution of Holistic Event Processing Systems
The Beginnings of Holistic Event Processing Systems
Future Air Travel Management Systems
Solving Gridlock in the Metropolis
Monitoring Your Personal Information Footprint
Summary: The Future of Complex Event Processing
Alphabetical List of Glossary Terms
Glossary According to Lexicographic Order (definitions only)