"Matt Duggan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I am new to the list and have recently acquired an interest in > A.I. with Perl. I would like, as an initial dip into the water so to > speak, to know what your thoughts on solving the following problem > are? (how would you solve and and using what?) > > Basically, I am interested in monitoring the throughput of an > interface on my computer via MRTG / RRDtool (or _maybe_ even 'raw' > data in a MySQL/Oracle db) and would like to be able to do the > following:- > > 1. Assume that my usage curve is a curve of some type, with the X-axis > of a particular graph being time and the Y axis is interface > throughput. I want the system to be able to 'learn' my usage pattern > and determine what 'normal' is for a given hour, day, week, month. > > 2. I want to be able to be alerted when usage strays away from 'normal'. > > What are your thoughts on how to achieve this? Would a neural network > with some appropriate training data be able to recognise a normal > pattern and, more importantly, any deviations from that pattern?
This is probably a non AI problem. Before you investigate AI I would like to advise you to try to solve this problem with maths or lets say just the usuall statistics. IMHO, the chance that "learning" as defined in a AI context won't be neccessary is pretty high. HTH, Andreas
