Representative embodiments are directed to systems and methods for
analyzing the selection of measurements of events associated with a
communications network. In one embodiment, the selection of measurements
includes creating a representation of a network. After the creation of
the network representation, multiple sets of contemplated measurements
associated with the network representation are created. A metric is
calculated that is related to the respective diagnostic effectiveness for
each set of contemplated measurements when the respective set of
contemplated measurements is provided to a network diagnostic algorithm.