Correlation-Enhanced Root Cause Inference for Issue Resolution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing issue management systems face resource limitations, inefficiencies in service agent proficiency, and time-consuming escalation processes when addressing customer-encountered issues, leading to suboptimal resolution rates.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a correlation enhanced inference model to predict the causes of customer-encountered issues, utilizing a transformer model to standardize remediation decisions and processes, and continuously update models based on service agent experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If service agents manually analyze and diagnose customer-encountered issues, then they can identify root causes, but the process is time-consuming and reduces resolution efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of root cause identificationVSAvoidtime to resolution
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis by automatically collecting event data, pairing statistics, and structural information before service agents intervene. The inference model pre-processes this data to generate predicted root causes, allowing agents to skip manual diagnostic steps and directly address known issues, thereby reducing time to resolution while maintaining accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

An inference model acts as an intermediary between raw system data and service agents. This model processes event sequences, pairing statistics, and structural relationships to generate predicted root causes, serving as a bridge that translates complex system data into actionable insights for agents without requiring their direct manual analysis

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If multiple service agents are assigned to resolve issues, then more issues can be addressed, but resource limitations and escalation processes reduce overall productivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveissue resolution rateVSAvoidcomplexity of management process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the inference model continuously learns from service agent resolutions and outcome data. This feedback loop refines the model's predictive accuracy over time, enabling more precise root cause identification that reduces the need for escalations and improves overall resolution rates without increasing management complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service capabilities by providing service agents with automatically generated predicted root causes and relevant event data. Agents can directly address issues using this pre-processed information without requiring complex escalation procedures or extensive manual investigation, thereby improving productivity while simplifying the management process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If service agents handle diverse customer-encountered issues, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but variations in agent proficiency lead to inconsistent resolution quality

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoverage of issue typesVSAvoidconsistency of resolution quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The inference model serves as a universal tool that handles diverse issue types through a unified approach. It processes various event sequences, pairing statistics, and structural relationships across different issue categories, providing consistent predicted root causes regardless of the specific issue type, thereby ensuring uniform resolution quality across all agents handling diverse problems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12481548B2Correlation enhanced causation identification for data processing system management
Publication Date: 2025.11.25 DELL PROD LP
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AI summary

Methods and systems for managing customer-encountered issues are disclosed. To manage the customer-encountered issues, predictions regarding the causes of customer-encountered issues may be obtained and used to guide remediation processes. The predictions may be obtained using inference models that utilize correlations to filter potential causes of the issues. By filtering the causes, the resulting predictions may be more likely to be accurate thereby improving the rate at which customer-encountered issues may be resolved.