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Haley / ART syntax lives on in open-source Java rules
The ART syntax lives on in yet another product! JBOSS Rules (formerly Drools) just described its imminent support for rules expressed in the CLIPS syntax here. NASA derived CLIPS from the syntax of...
View ArticleGoals and backward chaining using the Rete Algorithm
I was prompted to post this by request from Mark Proctor and Peter Lin and in response to recent comments on CEP and backward chaining on Paul Vincent’s blog (with an interesting perspective here). I...
View ArticleAgile decision services without XML details
Externalizing enterprise decision management using service-oriented architecture orchestrated by business process management makes increases agility and allows continuous performance improvement, but…...
View ArticleRule and event-driven business process M&A
On the heels of IBM’s acquisition of Lombardi comes Progress Software’s acquisition of Savvion. The salient similarities are that IBM is adding BPM applications to its middleware stack as is Progress,...
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IBM Ilog JRules for business modeling and rule authoring
If you are considering the use of any of the following business rules management systems (BRMS): IBM Ilog JRules Red Hat JBoss Rules Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor Oracle Policy Automation (i.e., Haley in...
View ArticleAnswers to Common Questions About AI
Well this is a blast from the past… I was working on “the next post” about how Watson, Google, and the semantic web threaten the major BRMS systems when I found myself rewriting that what matters about...
View ArticleConfessions of a production rule vendor (part 1)
If you are using one of the more popular rules engines, chances are you can blame me. I popularized the technology of forward-chaining production rules based on the Rete Algorithm. Others have...
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Requirements for Logical Reasoning
Here is a graphic on how various reasoning technologies fit the practical requirements for reasoning discussed below: This proved surprisingly controversial during correspondence with colleagues from...
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Simply Logical English
This is not all that simple of an article, but it walks you through, from start to finish, how we get from English to logic. In particular, it shows how English sentences can be directly translated...
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Confessions of a production rule vendor (part 2)
Going on 5 years ago, I wrote part 1. Now, finally, it’s time for the rest of the story. The bottom line to this story: It’s time to trade rule technology dating back to the 80’s for state of the art...
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