Rules and Constraints Working Together
We published an article that makes the case that rules are excellent for expressing business logic, constraints are excellent for defining and searching the space of feasible…
Topic
Optimization
40 posts
Democratizing Optimization through Decision Intelligence Platforms
On August 27, 2026 I presented "Democratizing Optimization through Decision Intelligence Platforms" at DecisionCAMP 2026. See Slides and watch Recording.
Making a Good Burger with Decision Playground
See how OpenRules Decision Playground can help to make a preferred burger using different ingredients while minimizing the total fat, calories, or cost:…
Selecting Website Features with Decision Playground
See how OpenRules Decision Playground can help a freelance web designer to choose different combinations of features while maximizing the total value of these features subject to…
Selecting Preferred Loan with Decision Playground
See how OpenRules Decision Playground can serve as a self-service graphical interface that helps the customer select the most appropriate loan conditions:…
Making a good production decision with Decision Playground
See how OpenRules Decision Playground can help a manufacturer evaluate various production decisions and select the most suitable ones — taking into account long-term resource…
From Solvers to Decision Factories
After reading the new book "The Decision Factory", I posted an article with this title on LinkedIn. Here is the conclusion: “Moving from pure solvers to ‘decision factories’…
Decision Playground
Decision Playground is now publicly available. Announced on January 15, 2026, this powerful interactive component of the OpenRules Decision Intelligence Platform enables business…
Finding decisions for complex problems with multiple interdependent sub-problems
After I wrote about "Making Operational Repetitive Decisions Under Uncertainty," I found several interesting descriptions of how optimization experts, Adam DeJans Jr. and Helmut…
Why Decision Optimization Remains Underutilized
Adam DeJans just posted: "Most people don’t realize how much of the world runs on a math method called Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP). It is how airlines schedule…
Resolving Conflicts among Business Rules
Ron Ross again brought up the question of "Exceptions to Business Rules". Ron defines an exception to the rules as a foreseen, explicit set of circumstances in which…
Movie Production Scheduler
This year OpenRules was approached by a film production company that wanted to optimize their movie production scheduling process. They wanted us to build a scheduler that…