A root cause is an initiating cause of a causal chain which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. Commonly, root cause is used to describe the depth in the causal chain where an intervention could reasonably be implemented to change performance and prevent an undesirable outcome.
Root Cause
Botnet Tracking: Exploring a Root-Cause Methodology to Prevent Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks
Botnet tracking: exploring a root-cause ...
BGP-RCN: improving BGP convergence through root cause notification
The Road to "Root Cause": Shop-Floor Problem-Solving at Three Auto Assembly Plants
A Case Study in Root Cause Defect Analysis
A Bayesian network approach to root cause diagnosis of process variations
X-ray: Automating Root-Cause Diagnosis of Performance Anomalies in Production Software
X-ray: automating root-cause diagnosis of performance anomalies in production software
Root cause AC motor failure analysis with a focus on shaft failures
