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+# TeeAD - Anomaly Detection with TeeTime
+TeeAD is an open source library for time series analysis and anomaly detection with the Pipe-and-Filter framework [TeeTime](http://teetime-framework.github.io/). It provides a TeeTime stage that investigates incoming measurements for anomalies and calculates an anomaly score for them.