Developing Custom Decision Modeling Languages with Enhanced DMN
The modern Business Rules and Decision Management Systems help users to move business logic from a code to business rules controlled by subject matter experts (not developers). In…
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Decision Models: Finding Alternative and Optimal Decisions
People frequently assume that a good, consistent decision model should produce one and only one decision (solution) for any valid input. However, in real-world applications we…
“Monkey Business” Analyzed
I decided to add the decision model "Monkey Business" to our new What-If Analyzer. It brought several considerations missed by other solutions. In this post I will discuss my…
Decision Model for Vacation Days Calculation
This month DMCommunity.org asked to present the best design of the notorious decision tables offered by Prof. Jan Vanthienen. It should implement the following business logic:
“Old” and “New” Business Rules Approaches
The recent LinkedIn discussion "What rules representation to choose for which audience?" came to the question about business analysts handing their business rules written in plain…
Predictive Analytics is Becoming Mainstream
"Big Data" have brought "Predictive Analytics" (long-time available but hidden in the academic world under the names "Machine Learning" and "Data Mining") to the spotlight of the…
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…
Decision Model “Vehicle Insurance – UServ Product Derby”
As a response to the DMCommunity.org challenge, I will describe an OpenRules-based implementation of the highly popular use case known as “UServ Product Derby”. The use case deals…