Complex event processing synergies with predictive analytics

For Complex Event Processing (CEP), the synergy with Predictive Analytics (PA) is a promising research direction. In this paper we focus on the inclusion of PA technologies into CEP applications. Involving PA opens a wide range of possibilities in several application fields. However, we have observed that only a few CEP solutions apply PA techniques. We extended a CEP solution with predictive capabilities, defined the key aspects of the combination of these techniques, and summarized how CEP and PA could gain from the joint solution. Our approach is demonstrated in a proof-of-concept experiment and simulation results are provided.