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University of San Diego’s Master of Science in Applied Data Science program for their continued guidance in shaping our development as data science researchers. We thank Professor Erin Cooke for supporting our work throughout the capstone course and for providing valuable directions and feedback. Finally, we recognize the broader open-source community whose tools, documentation, and contributions made this research both feasible and reproducible. References Ehrlinger, L., & Wöß, W. (2022). A Survey of Data Quality Measurement and Monitoring Tools. Frontiers in Big Data , 5 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2022.850611 Erskine, S. K. (2025). Real-Time Large-Scale Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) CICIoT Dataset Traffic Assessment Based on Deep Learning. Applied System Innovation , 8 (2), 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/asi8020052 Hariharasubramanian, N. (2025, January 16). What Is Anomaly Based Detection System? Fidelis Security. https://fidelissecurity.com/cybersecurity-1 01/learn/anomaly-based-detection-syste m/ Hero, A., Kar, S., Moura, J., Neil, J., Poor, H. V., Turcotte, M., & Xi, B. (2023). Statistics

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