Decision Execution Reports
OpenRules Release 6.2.3 adds an ability to generate decision execution reports in the HTML format. These reports help a rule designer to analyze which rules were actually executed…
Topic
Decision Management
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How to compact large decision tables
A well-known problem with decision tables is that they frequently become too big and too difficult to manage. It is also well-known that OpenRules utilizes Excel-based decision…
Customizing OpenRules Decisions
The new release 6.2.2 of OpenRules allows a user to customize decisions and decision runs, to create custom decision tables, and to incorporate decisions in web dialogs. Read more…
Fall 2012 – Time for Conferences
As usual, every fall OpenRules participates in major international conferences devoted to intelligent decision making. Here is a list of this year conferences from our website:
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…
Different Decision Tables for a Very Simple Use Case
The responses to the RFP of OMG DMN (Decision Model and Notation) standard are scheduled to arrive in May of 2012. Trying to keep this process as close as possible to the everyday…
Dynamic Decision Glossaries
OpenRules decisions use business glossaries that are usually presented in Excel tables that may look like this table "glossary":
Representing and Solving Rule-Based Decision Models with Constraint Solvers
The latest rules conferences RulesFest-2011, BBC-2011, and RuleML-2011 were really great events in general and for OpenRules in particular. We announced a new constraint-based…
Rules vs. Decisions
There is a question posted yesterday at the OpenRules Discussion Group: “Is there a reason why you would steer actively away from Rules and into Decision?”
Forrester about OpenRules
On July 5, 2011 Forrester Research published a report "Market Overview: Business Rules Platforms 2011". Here is what it says about OpenRules: "OpenRules have the most-aggressive…