ENHANCED FRAMEWORK FOR ALERT PROCESSING

USING CLUSTERING APPROACH BASED ON

ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEM

ASHARA BANU BINTI MOHAMED

A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the

requirements for the award of degree of

Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science)

Faculty of Computing

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

AUGUST 2015

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DEDICATION

Dedicated to :

My mother,

Hajjah Khatijah Bt Osman, without whom I would not have the courage to embark

on this journey and the perseverance to complete it.

My father,

Haji Mohamed Bin Maidin, for giving me balance and perspective.

My Brothers,

The charming men in my life, without fail supporting and encouraging me,

throughout this journey

My Sisters

The beautiful ladies in my life, especially Anita, Aida, Azlinah without whom I

would have been lost in the process of completing this phase of my life.

My Nephews and Nieces

Adorable darlings that made my stressful and hectic life bearable

Thank you for your support and Doa.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Bismillah. With the Grace of Allah SWT, I would first and foremost thank

the Lord Almighty for giving me the health, strength and ability to complete my

thesis as a requirement for my Doctorate studies. I am very grateful to the Malaysian

Government, through the Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) who has been the key

instrument in enabling me to enhance my capabilities by pursing my studies to the

highest level. I am truly blessed to be given this opportunity.

This thesis would not have been possible without the guidance and support I

received from both supervisors, Dato’ Professor Dr. Norbik Bashah Bin Idris and

Dr. Bharanidharan Shanmugum. Your words of encouragement, patience, and

guidance had inspired me and gave me the strength throughout this journey. I would

also like to extend my gratitude to PRISMA, my previous work place for providing

me with the confidential dataset to be applied in my experiments.

Life would be harder without the support of many good friends. Thanks to

Rozelinda Bt Khalid, Jalajah Gopalan and Dr. Azalena Haron, for providing me

solace when I needed a break and encouragement when I needed a boost of morale.

Not forgetting my friends in CASE Lab UTM Kuala Lumpur and new colleagues in

i-IMATEC INTAN, thank you for being great companions.

Finally, again to my beloved family who had always stood by me with

undying love, encouragement and patience in seeing me through this phase of my

life.

May ALLAH swt. bless and bestow his Rahmah to us all.

Amin

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