BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
          ID:: STAN//CSL-TR-99-788
       ENTRY:: November 12, 1999 
ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Computer Systems Laboratory
       TITLE:: Managing Event Processing Networks
        TYPE:: Technical Report
      AUTHOR:: Perrochon, Louis 
      AUTHOR:: Kasriel, Stephane
      AUTHOR:: Luckham, David C.
        DATE:: October 1999
       PAGES:: 62 
    ABSTRACT:: The technical report presents Complex Event
Processing, CEP is a fundamental new technology that will enable
the next generation of middleware based distributed applications. 
CEP gains information on distributed systems and uses this
knowledge for monitoring, failure analysis or prediction of
activities. 

A very promising route in CEP research is that
of Event Processing Networks, which is one of the main areas
of research of the Program and Analysis Group at Stanford
University. Event Processing Networks are one way of 
describing and building CEP, by successively filtering
meaningful information and aggregating the corresponding events
into higher levels of abstraction.

This report describes in detail the foundations and aims of
Complex Event Processing. Then we will introduce the concept of 
Event Processing. Finally, we will describe the architecture of
the CEP system.
         END:: STAN//CSL-TR-99-788