Decision “Make a Good Burger”
DMCommunity.org published an interesting June-2015 Challenge called "Make a Good Burger". Below I describe an OpenRules-based decision model that provides various solutions for…
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Constraint Solvers
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Decision “Determine a Killer of Aunt Agatha”
Could we use decision tables to represent and solve complex logical problems? An example of such problem was offered by the DMCommunity.org in the Nov-2014 Challenge called "Who…
Solving Rule Conflicts – Part 2
“The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters”, Francisco Goya Defeasible Logic and Business Rules with Probabilities Modern rules and decisions management systems provide effective…
Solving Rule Conflicts – Part 1
Representing Contradictory Rules with Single-Hit and Multi-Hit Decision Tables Modern rules and decisions management systems provide effective mechanisms for development of good…
Combining Constraint Solving with Business Rules and Machine Learning – CoCoMiLe 2013
The integration of different decision making techniques finally is finding its home under the roof of the Decision Management movement. I am glad that an integrated Constraint…
Rule Violations and Over-Constrained Problems
"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." – Pablo Picasso Practical people know that one of the most important property of a business rule is its ability…
Fischer vs. Kasparov vs. Karpov
On a long flight back to the US I had a few hours to kill. So, I decided to implement one of my favorite modeling tests that I used to give to my students and they always enjoyed…
Rule Engines: RETE and Alternatives
The famous RETE algorithm was invented by Dr. Charles Forgy more than 30 years ago and it still remains the foundation for most implementations of inferential rule engines.…
Modeling Decisions for Scheduling and Resource Allocation Problems
“Reality is built in wonderful simplicity”, Eliyahu Goldratt “The Choice” Scheduling and Resource Allocation are traditionally considered as very complex business problems. They…
Rule Solver is now JSR-331 Compliant
OpenRules has announced that its redesigned Rule Solver™ is now JSR-331 compliant. Rule Solver™ is a long time available optimization component of OpenRules® BRMS that allows…