System and method for analyzing network performance data

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a computer program product for controlling a computing device for automated analyzing of network performance data, the computer program product comprising software instructions which, when run on processing circuitry of the computing device, causes the computing device to:

• receive a data set containing a log of a first time sequence of network events in which each network event is associated with at least one network location and has been classified into one of a plurality of event types;
• create a second time sequence from the first time sequence by aggregating the events into event groups, wherein each event group is defined as a plurality of events which are in a specific sequence of event types, each event group being classified into one of a plurality of event group types;
• create a third time sequence from the second time sequence by aggregating the event groups into event super-groups, wherein each event super-group is defined as a plurality of event groups which are in a specific sequence of event group types, each event super-group being classified into one of a plurality of event super-group types;
• generate a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to include a visualization of the time sequences such that in the visualization each of the types is visually distinct from other types in the same time sequence;
• and
• send the GUI to a display device for display to a user.

A computer system for analyzing network performance data, the system comprising:

• a data input operable to receive a data set containing a log of a first time sequence of network events in which each network event is associated with at least one network location and has been classified into one of a plurality of event types;
• memory operable to store the data set;
• processing circuitry operable to analyze the data set by:
• creating a second time sequence from the first time sequence by aggregating the events into event groups, wherein each event group is defined as a plurality of events which are in a specific sequence of event types, each event group being classified into one of a plurality of event group types;
• creating a third time sequence from the second time sequence by aggregating the event groups into event super-groups, wherein each event super-group is defined as a plurality of event groups which are in a specific sequence of event group types, each event super-group being classified into one of a plurality of event super-group types;
• generating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to include a visualization of at least one of the time sequences such that in the visualization each of the types is visually distinct from other types in the same time sequence;
• and
• an output operable to output the GUI including the visualization to a display.