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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Vasanth Bala, Rye, NY (US);

Hao Chen, Allston, MA (US);

Sastry S. Duri, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9035 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9035 (2019.01);
Abstract

Methods according to the present disclosure include: creating a representative profile from at least one change profile with an identifying tag from a repository, the representative profile including fewer than all possible changes to a system from an event; creating a candidate profile for a first candidate system, not flagged as similar or dissimilar, from the plurality of systems, wherein the candidate profile includes fewer than all changes to the first candidate system from the event; calculating at least one difference between the representative profile and the candidate profile; where the at least one difference is not within at least one threshold, flagging the first candidate system as dissimilar; and where the at least one difference is within the at least one threshold, flagging the first candidate system as similar, associating the identifying tag with the candidate profile, and adding the candidate profile to the repository.


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