Monthly Archives: January 2018

Challenge Feb-2018 “Tax Decision Table”

Posted on January 31, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

With tax season upon us, our February Challenge deals with a quite simple decision table created by a business analyst from a tax agency. How would you represent this  table using your favorite business rules and decision management tool?

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Andrew Ng launches $175M AI Fund

Posted on January 30, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Andrew Ng is known as the founder of the Google Brain, co-founder of Coursera,  and Baidu’s chief scientist (he also was a presenter in one of our early Decision Camps). Today Andrew Ng is one of the most recognizable names … Continue reading →

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No-code software democratises application development

Posted on January 25, 2018 by jacobfeldman

Alan Trefler presented “The next AI frontier – software that writes software” at the World Economic Forum. In particular, he wrote: “The foundational knowledge to create self-writing, self-evolving software exists today… For businesses, this means that workers in different roles can … Continue reading →

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About Our Challenges

Posted on January 24, 2018 by jacobfeldman

Dr. Bob Moore submitted his Drools-based solution for our Jan-2018 Challenge. This is a third solution, and we still are looking for a pure DMN FEEL solution. Bob also wrote: “One of the fun aspects of the DMC challenges is seeing … Continue reading →

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Decision Model for Order Promotions

Posted on January 20, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Our Jan-2018 Challenge deals with a popular business decision problem:  help merchants to define various promotions for their sales orders and to automatically decide which orders are eligible to which promotions. A simple example of promotion: reduce the total cost of … Continue reading →

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Core DMN Components

Posted on January 16, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

According to James Taylor, “The vast majority of the business logic in a decisioning system can be defined using the two core DMN components: Decision Requirements Diagrams structure decision problems, break them into coherent pieces. They show where data is … Continue reading →

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BPM 2018 Predictions from Top Influencers

Posted on January 11, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Today the term “BPM” hardly represents a pure Business Process Management as along with process automation it is trying to cover decision management, case management, digital transformation, and even machine learning and blockchain. So, it is especially interesting to read … Continue reading →

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The Rules of Happiness

Posted on January 9, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Silvie Spreeuwenberg: “Most people are happy most of the time but do not think, write down or analyse all the good things that make them happy every day. Our tendency is to stress, analyse and act based on negative events. … Continue reading →

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Is Bigger Better?

Posted on January 8, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

It is highly likely that the next wave of innovation in new technologies and new companies will happen right under the noses of big companies operating at what the public markets think of as peak (earnings) potential. What is the best … Continue reading →

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Deep Learning Sharpens Views of Cells and Genes

Posted on January 8, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“Eyes are said to be the window to the soul—but researchers at Google see them as indicators of a person’s health. The technology giant is using deep learning to predict a person’s blood pressure, age and smoking status by analysing … Continue reading →

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