{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4400484740","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3663529.3663827","title":"Chain-of-Event: Interpretable Root Cause Analysis for Microservices through Automatically Learning Weighted Event Causal Graph","display_name":"Chain-of-Event: Interpretable Root Cause Analysis for Microservices through Automatically Learning Weighted Event Causal Graph","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-07-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4400484740","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3663529.3663827"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3663529.3663827","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3663529.3663827","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Companion Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3663529.3663827","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010100978","display_name":"Zhenhe Yao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6348-6734"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Zhenhe Yao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tsinghua University, Beijing, China / BNRist, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tsinghua University, Beijing, China / BNRist, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073273454","display_name":"Changhua Pei","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9288-4787"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210108629","display_name":"Computer Network Information Center","ror":"https://ror.org/01s0wyf50","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210108629"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210165038","display_name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/05qbk4x57","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210165038"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Changhua Pei","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Network Information Center at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China / Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Network Information Center at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China / Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210165038","https://openalex.org/I4210108629"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030501342","display_name":"Wenxiao Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-675X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wenxiao Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tsinghua University, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040046281","display_name":"Hanzhang Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7994-2935"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hanzhang Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["eBay Inc., Shanghai, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"eBay Inc., Shanghai, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046916861","display_name":"Liangfei Su","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5735-6740"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Liangfei Su","raw_affiliation_strings":["eBay Inc., Shanghai, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"eBay Inc., Shanghai, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026733966","display_name":"Huai Jiang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5049-9178"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Huai Jiang","raw_affiliation_strings":["eBay Inc., Shanghai, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"eBay Inc., Shanghai, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102871595","display_name":"Zhe Xie","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9749-2539"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhe Xie","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tsinghua University, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101900805","display_name":"Xiaohui Nie","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-854X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I19820366","display_name":"Chinese Academy of Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/034t30j35","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210108629","display_name":"Computer Network Information Center","ror":"https://ror.org/01s0wyf50","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210108629"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xiaohui Nie","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Network Information Center at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Network Information Center at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210108629","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046419834","display_name":"Dan Pei","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5113-838X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99065089","display_name":"Tsinghua University","ror":"https://ror.org/03cve4549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dan Pei","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tsinghua University, Beijing, China / BNRist, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tsinghua University, Beijing, China / BNRist, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":9,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5010100978"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99065089"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.1409,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":9,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92092125,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"50","last_page":"61"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.984000027179718,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9462000131607056,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/root-cause-analysis","display_name":"Root cause analysis","score":0.7689719796180725},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7239272594451904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microservices","display_name":"Microservices","score":0.6885361075401306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/event","display_name":"Event (particle physics)","score":0.5933308601379395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.5024898052215576},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/root","display_name":"Root (linguistics)","score":0.4925476014614105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graph","display_name":"Graph","score":0.4503360092639923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/natural-language-processing","display_name":"Natural language processing","score":0.33072131872177124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theoretical-computer-science","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","score":0.2906652092933655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.10175484418869019},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reliability-engineering","display_name":"Reliability engineering","score":0.0735417902469635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.06189712882041931}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C130963320","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401207","display_name":"Root cause analysis","level":2,"score":0.7689719796180725},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7239272594451904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778505942","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18344624","display_name":"Microservices","level":3,"score":0.6885361075401306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779662365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5416694","display_name":"Event (particle physics)","level":2,"score":0.5933308601379395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5024898052215576},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171078966","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111029","display_name":"Root (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.4925476014614105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132525143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141488","display_name":"Graph","level":2,"score":0.4503360092639923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204321447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30642","display_name":"Natural language processing","level":1,"score":0.33072131872177124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.2906652092933655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.10175484418869019},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.0735417902469635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.06189712882041931},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3663529.3663827","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3663529.3663827","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Companion Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3663529.3663827","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3663529.3663827","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Companion Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":37,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1998069884","https://openalex.org/W2017504389","https://openalex.org/W2028604378","https://openalex.org/W2123983325","https://openalex.org/W2148356029","https://openalex.org/W2322013807","https://openalex.org/W2554187354","https://openalex.org/W2584572482","https://openalex.org/W2612690371","https://openalex.org/W2755402962","https://openalex.org/W2756047915","https://openalex.org/W2775606259","https://openalex.org/W2785362611","https://openalex.org/W2794090615","https://openalex.org/W2809578751","https://openalex.org/W2902547091","https://openalex.org/W2930500175","https://openalex.org/W2963026732","https://openalex.org/W2971202597","https://openalex.org/W2980932398","https://openalex.org/W2999561215","https://openalex.org/W3013888836","https://openalex.org/W3047409962","https://openalex.org/W3086623952","https://openalex.org/W3092126302","https://openalex.org/W3098957257","https://openalex.org/W3099837301","https://openalex.org/W3155331679","https://openalex.org/W3161254931","https://openalex.org/W3187682244","https://openalex.org/W4200347562","https://openalex.org/W4226214891","https://openalex.org/W4238860748","https://openalex.org/W4286588841","https://openalex.org/W4384345623","https://openalex.org/W4389158453","https://openalex.org/W4389162091"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2030594396","https://openalex.org/W2535098331","https://openalex.org/W3015720271","https://openalex.org/W3045668461","https://openalex.org/W4255366506","https://openalex.org/W2202104725","https://openalex.org/W2056250485","https://openalex.org/W4280640835","https://openalex.org/W4290642490","https://openalex.org/W4230900947"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1,149],"presents":[2],"Chain-of-Event":[3],"(CoE),":[4],"an":[5,85],"interpretable":[6,31],"model":[7],"for":[8,75,159],"root":[9,69],"cause":[10,70],"analysis":[11,55],"in":[12],"microservice":[13],"systems":[14],"that":[15,34],"analyzes":[16],"causal":[17],"relationships":[18],"of":[19,40,49,125],"events":[20],"transformed":[21],"from":[22,63,84],"multi-modal":[23],"observation":[24],"data.":[25],"CoE":[26,58,92,130,152],"distinguishes":[27],"itself":[28],"by":[29],"its":[30],"parameter":[32],"design":[33],"aligns":[35],"with":[36,96],"the":[37,47,54,73,104,115,123,129,139],"operation":[38],"experience":[39],"Site":[41],"Reliability":[42],"Engineers":[43],"(SREs),":[44],"thereby":[45],"facilitating":[46],"integration":[48],"their":[50,135],"expertise":[51],"directly":[52],"into":[53,134],"process.":[56],"Furthermore,":[57],"automatically":[59],"learns":[60],"event-causal":[61],"graphs":[62],"history":[64],"incidents":[65],"and":[66,99,107,110,155],"accurately":[67],"locates":[68],"events,":[71],"eliminating":[72],"need":[74],"manual":[76],"configuration.":[77],"Through":[78],"evaluation":[79],"on":[80,103,114],"two":[81],"datasets":[82],"sourced":[83],"e-commerce":[86],"system":[87],"involving":[88],"over":[89],"5,000":[90],"services,":[91],"achieves":[93],"top-tier":[94],"performance,":[95],"79.30%":[97],"top-1":[98,109],"98.8%":[100],"top-3":[101,112],"accuracy":[102,113],"Service":[105],"dataset":[106],"85.3%":[108],"96.6%":[111],"Business":[116],"dataset.":[117],"An":[118],"ablation":[119],"study":[120],"further":[121],"explores":[122],"significance":[124],"each":[126],"component":[127],"within":[128],"model,":[131],"offering":[132],"insights":[133],"individual":[136],"contributions":[137],"to":[138],"model\u2019s":[140],"overall":[141],"effectiveness.":[142],"Additionally,":[143],"through":[144],"real-world":[145],"case":[146],"analysis,":[147],"this":[148],"demonstrates":[150],"how":[151],"enhances":[153],"interpretability":[154],"improves":[156],"incident":[157],"comprehension":[158],"SREs.":[160],"Our":[161],"codes":[162],"are":[163],"available":[164],"at":[165],"https://github.com/NetManAIOps/Chain-of-Event.":[166]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}