Generative AI at DecisionCAMP
As the Chair of DecisionCAMP-2023, I published my notes from this major annual decision-management event. This year was dominated by the “huge elephant in our decision modeling…
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Knowledge Representation
15 posts
Composite Decision Variables
In real-world decision models, you may want to write business rules that refer to combinations of two or more individual decision variables called composite decision variables.…
Declarative Decision Model “Flight Rebooking”
Rule Solver can be used to build a real declarative decision model for one of the most complex decision modeling challenges “Flight Rebooking” offered by DMCommunity.org: "A…
Unconscious Thoughts
Today Yann LeGun tweeted: "Thought != Language" in response to this Einstein’s quote: "I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words…
Happy 20th Birthday, OpenRules!
OpenRules, Inc. is now 20 years old! Our team met this anniversary in the best possible way – we did not notice it! We are so busy with adding new powerful capabilities to…
We Know More Than We Can Tell
Living through the ChatGPT boom, it is interesting to read this article "Is ChatGPT Aware?": "Polanyi’s paradox, named in honor of the philosopher and polymath Michael Polanyi,…
Decision Modeling: Declarative vs Procedural
The ultimate objective of Business Decision Modeling: A business analyst (subject matter expert) defines a business problem, and a smart decision engine solves the problem by…
ProcessCon-21
Last week I was on the panel "Hyper Automation and the Convergence of #BPM, #RPA, #Rules, & #iPaaS" of the ProcessCon-21, a User Conference organized by our partner ProcessMaker.…
Compressing Decision Tables
The DMC Challenge Sep-2020 deals with compression of decision tables trying to replace relatively large decision tables with "almost" equivalent but smaller decision tables. It is…
Business Decision Modeling with Rule Engines and CP/LP Solvers
There are two major types of decision engines utilized by different Business Rules and Decision Management systems to execute business decision models: 1. Traditional rule engines…
Integrated Use of Rule Engines and Constraint/Linear Solvers
Operational business problems can be defined by a set of decision variables and a set of rules that specify relationships between these variables – see the formal definition. This…
Building Decision Models for DMCommunity.org Challenge “Balanced Assignment”
DMCommunity Sep-2018 Challenge “Balanced Assignment” gives an example of a complex business problem with a serious optimization component. This problem deals with the assignment…