Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Cover Illustration
1. The basics
Chapter 1. Entering the world of event processing
1.1. Event-driven behavior and event-driven computing
1.1.1. What we mean by events
1.1.2. Event-driven behavior in daily life
1.1.3. Examples of computerized event processing
1.1.4. Categories of event processing applications
1.2. Introduction to event processing
1.2.1. What we mean by event processing
1.2.2. Event processing and its relationship to the real world
1.2.3. Reasons for using event processing
1.3. The business value of an event processing platform
1.3.1. Effectiveness issues
1.3.2. Efficiency issues
1.3.3. When to use dedicated event processing software
1.4. Event processing and its connection to related concepts
1.4.1. Event-driven business process management
1.4.2. Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
1.4.3. Business intelligence (BI)
1.4.4. Business rule management systems (BRMSs)
1.4.5. Network and System Management
1.4.6. Message-oriented middleware (MOM)
1.4.7. Stream computing
1.5. The Fast Flower Delivery application
1.5.1. General description
1.5.2. Skeleton specification
1.6. Using this book���s website
The Language-Based Part of the Website
Apama Event Processing Language
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Streambase Streamsql Eventflow
1.7. Summary
1.7.1. Additional reading
1.7.2. Exercises
Chapter 2. Principles of event processing