Techniques for producing probabilistic event networks (Bayesian network based representation of node dependencies, whereas nodes comprise event occurrences, explicit times of occurrences, and the context of event occurrences) based on distributed time-stamped data are disclosed. An aspect provides a method for predicting events from event log data via constructing a probabilistic event net and using the probabilistic event net to infer a probabilistic statement regarding a future event using a network inference mechanism. Other embodiments are disclosed.