Category Archives: Challenges

Best Challenges/Solutions of 2017: Poll Results

Posted on January 8, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We received 91 votes for our 2017 Community poll. The challenges/solutions which collected the most votes are presented in the following table: As all votes were anonymous, it’s hard to tell how objective these results are: we do not know … Continue reading →

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Poll: Vote for Best Challenges/Solutions of 2017

Posted on December 24, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The following poll lists all six Decision Management challenges and their multiple solutions published in 2017. Please select up to 6 best solutions for the challenges you like. The winners will be those 3 challenges/solutions which receive the most votes … Continue reading →

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Prepare to Vote for the Best Decision Model of 2017

Posted on December 10, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Between Christmas and New Year we will conduct the public opinion poll to determine the best decision model among our Challenges published in 2017. Here they are: Dec: Reindeer Ordering Nov: Soldier Payment Rules Sep: Classify Department Employees Jun: Loan Origination … Continue reading →

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Christmas Challenge “Reindeer Ordering”

Posted on November 30, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to a schedule, which will form a single line … Continue reading →

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Reaffirming the Power of SQL for Decision Management

Posted on November 29, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Dr. Bob Moore submitted an interesting solution to our Nov-2017 Challenge “Soldier Payment Rules“. His solution doesn’t use DMN or any BRMS tool and reaffirms the power of the classic SQL. Along with a complete solution Bob shows how to validate … Continue reading →

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Challenge Nov-2017 “Soldier Payment Rules”

Posted on October 26, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Our Challenge Nov-2017 asks you to help to assemble a payment timeline for a soldier that shows his/her hourly pay rate in any given time period. The payment rates depend on soldier’s rank, profession, service type, unit, and participation in combat. Use any BRMS … Continue reading →

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Challenge Sep-2017 “Classify Department Employees”

Posted on September 3, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Our Challenge Sep-2017 asks you to help a human resource office to create a decision model that for each department calculates minimal, maximal, and average salaries along with a number of high-paid employees using rules like “Salary > 85000”. Use any Business … Continue reading →

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Chess Puzzles for Decision Modelers

Posted on August 6, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Sometimes complex business logic reminds chess puzzles. So, we decided from time to time to publish chess puzzles for decision modelers who are tired of solving complex decision modeling problems.  Some puzzles are very simple while others may be more complex, … Continue reading →

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Submit Solutions to Challenge “DMN Chapter 11 Example” by 08/31/2017

Posted on July 30, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

So far, we received 4 solutions for the June-2017 Challenge.  During DecisionCAMP-2017 a lot of people expressed their eagerness to see the voting results. Based on requests from practitioners, we decided to give people more time to prepare and submit … Continue reading →

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The First Solution for June-2017 Challenge – More on the Way

Posted on June 20, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We have received the first decision model for the June-2017 Challenge implemented by Mike Parish using Corticon. More decision modeling practitioners informed us that they are working on their best decision models for the same problem (described in the Section … Continue reading →

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