Yearly Archives: 2016

Do Code Generators for Decision Modeling Actually Work?

Posted on March 23, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

James Taylor wrote: “Frankly I have seen so many failed code generators at this point that I no longer believe that a business-friendly model can be enriched to the point of execution without either making gross assumptions about the deployment … Continue reading →

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Machine Unlearning

Posted on March 18, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Machine learning systems are everywhere. They predict the weather, forecast earthquakes, provide recommendations based on the books and movies we like, and even apply the brakes on our cars when we’re not paying attention.  Two scientists recently introduced the concept called “machine … Continue reading →

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Sequential Decisions Connect Today’s and Future Decisions

Posted on March 18, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This FICO’s post describes how a combination of Analytics and Optimization helps to predict and compare likely future outcomes of alternative actions and find the best decisions given business objectives. For example, a marketer may decide today to spend $70 in … Continue reading →

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Open Source Against Proprietary Data Science Vendors

Posted on March 17, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

On Mar 15, 2016 Domino Blog published Open Source Winning Against Proprietary Data Science Vendors: “With the recent publication of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytics, we wanted to know how proprietary data science software vendors were faring against open … Continue reading →

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Self-Driving Cars on the Roads by 2018?

Posted on March 15, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Andrew NG and Yuanqing Lin just published an article “Self-Driving Cars Won’t Work Until We Change Our Roads—And Attitudes“. Decision making in very complex situations is an essential part of this development. Here are some interesting quotes:

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AlphaGo Taught Itself

Posted on March 15, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The computer program that defeated the world Go champion taught itself how to improve its game by playing millions of matches against itself, according to the head of the Google subsidiary that developed the software. “In AlphaGo’s case, that involved … Continue reading →

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Rules-based Traffic Light Control

Posted on March 10, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We are usually waiting 1-3 minutes for a green light even when the intersection is empty, right? In the Netherlands the waiting time maybe much smaller based on the actual conditions at the intersection. In this new post Silvie Spreeuwenberg talks about a new, intelligent traffic control … Continue reading →

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DMN Keynote at RuleML-2016

Posted on March 3, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Bruce Silver will be a keynote speaker at the International Web Rule Symposium RuleML on July 6-9, 2016 at Stony Brook University, New York. His keynote talk will review the structure and key features of DMN 1.1 as a Decision Modeling Language. Read more

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Actico is our New Sponsor

Posted on March 1, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

DMCommunity welcomes a new premium sponsor ACTICO which roots go back to Innovations Software Technology GmbH and then Bosch Group. Today ACTICO is positioned as a leading international provider of software solutions and technologies for decision management. See all current sponsors and sponsorship … Continue reading →

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Challenge Mar-2016 “Port Clearance Rules”

Posted on February 25, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The March-2016 Challenge deals with a decision model that is capable to decide if a ship can enter a Dutch port on a certain date. The rules for this challenge are inspired by the international Ship and Port Facility Security Code.

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