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   Title           : Artificial Intelligence Framework for Network Management
   Authors         : Pedro Martinez-Julia
                     Shunsuke Homma
                     Diego R. Lopez
   Filename        : draft-pedro-nmrg-ai-framework-03.txt
   Pages           : 40
   Date            : 2023-06-29

Abstract:
   The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in network management
   (NM) solutions is the way to resolve complex management problems
   arisen from the adoption of NFV, SDN, and network slicing
   technologies.  The AINEMA framework, as discussed in this document,
   includes the functions, capabilities, and components that MUST be
   provided by AI modules and models to be successfully applied to NM.
   This is enlarged by the consideration of seamless integration of
   different services, including the ability of having multiple AI
   models working in parallel, as well as the ability of complex
   reasoning and event processing.  In addition, disparate sources of
   information are put together with limited complexity, through the
   definition of a control and management service bus.  It allows, for
   instance, to involve external events in NM operations.  Using all
   available sources of information --- namely, intelligence sources ---
   allows NM solutions to apply proper intelligence processes instead of
   simple AI-based guesses.  Such processes are highly based in
   reasoning and formal and target-based intelligence analysis and
   decision --- providing evidence-based conclusions and proofs for the
   decisions.  This will allow computer and network system
   infrastructures --- and user demands --- to grow in complexity.

   The construction and maintenance of AINEMA-compatible components MUST
   consider the existence several mechanisms, which are extended beyond
   machine learning (ML).  For instance, intelligent reasoning is a key
   aspect of AINEMA that MUST be taken into account by autonomic
   management components and solutions.  It will provide enormous
   benefits to NM solutions by, for example, inferring new knowledge and
   applying different kind of rules (e.g. logical) to choose from
   several actions.  While ML solutions work with data, so they only
   require to retrieve data from the network infrastructure, AINEMA
   modules MUST work in collaboration to the network it is managing.
   This makes the challenges arisen from intelligent reasoning essential
   for the evolution of NM.  They will be addressed within the context
   of AINEMA.

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