Patent ID: 7702496

Claim:
A method for performing an analysis on a Grid Computer Network (GCN), the method comprising the steps of: representing selected ones of a plurality of components and a relationship among the components in the GCN, wherein the Grid Computer Network is represented as plurality of logical domains; providing a mapping between a plurality of events and a plurality of observable events occurring among the components, wherein the mapping is represented as a value associating each event with each observable event; providing, for each of the domains, a mapping between a plurality of observable events and a plurality of events for the components within the domain, wherein at least one of the observable events is associated with a component associated with at least two of the domains; determining at least one likely causing event based on at least one of the plurality of observable events by determining a measure between each of a plurality of values associated with the plurality of observable events and the plurality of causing events; and determining at least one likely event based on at least one of the plurality of observable events by determining a mismatch measure based on the values associated with the plurality of observable events and the plurality of events; wherein the Grid Computer Network is represented as a plurality of logical domains.