Evaluation of stability of edge-based communication networks

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor set;
• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions executable by the processor set to cause the processor set to:
• obtain at least one first attribute of a plurality of attributes, wherein each attribute of the plurality of attributes is associated with an entity of a plurality of entities within an edge-based network of communication devices, and wherein the at least one first attribute is associated with a candidate entity of the plurality of entities;
• generate at least one partition model of the edge-based network based on the at least one first attribute of the candidate entity and a semantic graph of the edge-based network, wherein the semantic graph comprises a plurality of nodes that correspond to the plurality of attributes, and wherein the at least one partition model is parameterized as a time-evolving function that defines a plurality of first states of the edge-based network as a function of time;
• generate time-series data, corresponding to a plurality of second states of the plurality of first states of the edge-based network between a first time epoch and a second time epoch of the edge-based network, based on the at least one partition model,
• wherein each state of the plurality of second states corresponds to a respective time instance of a plurality of time instances between the first time epoch and the second time epoch;
• generate stability data for the edge-based network, based on the time-series data and a scalar function, wherein the stability data indicates at least one scalar measurement of stability antipattern for the edge-based network, and wherein the at least one scalar measurement corresponds to at least one solution of an optimization problem for at least one time instance of the plurality of time instances between the first time epoch and the second time epoch;
• determine a curvature of a state transition for the edge-based network between the plurality of time instances, based on the stability data, wherein the at least one solution of the optimization problem defines the state transition for the edge-based network;
• determine at least one second attribute of the plurality of attributes, based on the stability data and the curvature of the state transition, wherein the at least one second attribute is associated with a causal entity of the plurality of entities that contributes to instability in the edge-based network;
• and
• generate, root cause data corresponding to the instability in the edge-based network, based on the at least one second attribute of the causal entity.

A computer-program product for generating root cause data of instability in an edge-based network of communication devices, the computer-program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining at least one first attribute of a plurality of attributes, wherein each attribute of the plurality of attributes is associated with an entity of a plurality of entities within the edge-based network, and wherein the at least one first attribute is associated with a candidate entity of the plurality of entities;
• generating at least one partition model of the edge-based network based on the at least one first attribute of the candidate entity and a semantic graph of the edge-based network, wherein the semantic graph comprises a plurality of nodes that correspond to the plurality of attributes, and wherein the at least one partition model is parameterized as a time-evolving function that defines a plurality of first states of the edge-based network as a function of time;
• generating time-series data corresponding to a plurality of second states of the plurality of first states of the edge-based network between a first time epoch and a second time epoch of the edge-based network, based on the at least one partition model,
• wherein each state of the plurality of second states corresponds to a respective time instance of a plurality of time instances between the first time epoch and the second time epoch;
• generating stability data for the edge-based network, based on the time-series data and a scalar function, wherein the stability data indicates at least one scalar measurement of stability antipattern for the edge-based network, and wherein the at least one scalar measurement corresponds to at least one solution of an optimization problem for at least one time instance of the plurality of time instances between the first time epoch and the second time epoch;
• determining a curvature of a state transition for the edge-based network between the plurality of time instances, based on the stability data, wherein the at least one solution of the optimization problem defines the state transition for the edge-based network;
• determining at least one second attribute of the plurality of attributes, based on the stability data and the curvature of the state transition, wherein the at least one second attribute is associated with a causal entity of the plurality of entities that contributes to the instability in the edge-based network;
• and
• generating, the root cause data corresponding to the instability in the edge-based network, based on the at least one second attribute of the causal entity.