Rule Engine Technology

Jérôme Boyer () and Hafedh Mili ()
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Jérôme Boyer: IBM
Hafedh Mili: Université du Québec, Montréal

Chapter Chapter 6 in Agile Business Rule Development, 2011, pp 147-175 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Target audience Developer (must); optional for anyone wishing to look under the hood In this chapter you will learn The history of rule-based decision making The principles of rule engines, and the implications of object-rule systems The basics of the RETE algorithm The different rule engine execution algorithms Key points Rule-based decision making has a long history and some cognitive plausibility. Rules are treated as data processed by an interpreter – the rule engine. In the production system ideal, the “intelligence” is in the rules as opposed to the control mechanism of the engine, which should remain simple. The JRules rule engine is a Java object that “reasons about” Java application objects. The RETE algorithm makes the production system paradigm computationally efficient. Decisions that do not require rule chaining can use simpler – and an order of magnitude faster – execution algorithms.

Keywords: Sequential Algorithm; Business Rule; Execution Algorithm; Rule Engine; Conflict Resolution Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19041-4_6

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