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      "title": "Context-aware Root Cause Localization in Distributed Traces Using Social Network Analysis (Work In Progress paper)",
      "year": 2024,
      "authors": [
        "Mahsa Panahandeh",
        "Naser Ezzati-Jivan",
        "Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj",
        "James Miller"
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        "CPU stress",
        "network delay",
        "network loss",
        "AIOps Challenge 2020"
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      "title": "Network Analysis of Microservices: A Case Study on Alibaba Production Clusters",
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        "Ghazal Khodabandeh",
        "Alireza Ezaz",
        "Naser Ezzati-Jivan"
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      "core_contribution": "The paper applies graph community detection and service-graph clustering to expose recurring microservice communication structures in an Alibaba production-cluster snapshot.",
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        "Infomap",
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      "paper_id": "enhanced-trace-abstraction-social-network-analysis",
      "title": "Enhanced Execution Trace Abstraction Approach Using Social Network Analysis Methods",
      "year": 2020,
      "authors": [
        "Ji Wang",
        "Naser Ezzati-Jivan"
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      "core_contribution": "The paper adapts community detection and PageRank from social-network analysis to reduce and prioritize system execution traces.",
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