Category Archives: Decision Modeling

Continuous Decisioning

Arash Aghlara started a good discussion at LinkedIn: “Many times, based on the decisions that we execute on a specific case, we influence the future of the case. Although the case is the same but, it belongs to an altered … Continue reading

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Arash Aghlara: What is a Decision Model

“A decision model is a roadmap and blueprint of a business decision that depicts a holistic view of how a business decision is made. At its core, this blueprint is an executable artifact that uses multiple composite techniques to bring … Continue reading

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Linear Regression in DMN

In his recent post Bruce Silver wrote: “DMN is not optimized for machine learning algorithms, but it’s good enough for simple problems such as fitting a straight line to a set of data points, known as linear regression.  In this … Continue reading

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Are we solving the correct problem?

Deepak Mehta: “As problem-solvers, we have all been there. You find the perfect solution to a problem, only to realize that the problem you were trying to solve was different from the one you were presented with. Or worse yet, … Continue reading

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Learning Decision Rules with GPT

On Feb 26 Simon Vandevelde, a frequent presenter at DecisionCAMPs, will talk about how to combine learning and reasoning in AI. Register for this free webinar. Here is his abstract: “Operational decisions are an important part of knowledge-intensive organizations, as these … Continue reading

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IBM Business Automation Manager Open Edition 9.0

IBM presented BAMOE 9.0 – watch a webinar on Dec 13. It introduces new IBM Decision Manager and Process Automation Manager Open Editions that replace the corresponding Red Hat products: Tim Wuthenow explained that BAMOE is going to be a … Continue reading

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Challenge “Organ Transplants”: one more solution and ChatGPT

Our Mar-2019 Challenge “Organ Transplants” continues to genera an interest among DM practitioners. Jack Jansonius just submitted a new solution based on the integrated use of decision tables and SQL. We wonder if somebody tries to produce a working solution … Continue reading

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Practical Applications, Use Cases, and Testing (DC2023 Notes Part 3)

As usual, DecisionCAMP included presentations devoted to practical applications and case studies of decision modeling and decision optimization. Testing rules-based decision services is extremely important topic in practical decision management especially in the modern CI/CD world. No wonder we had … Continue reading

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Novel Decision Modeling Techniques (DC2023 Notes Part 2)

There were two presentations at DecisionCAMP-2023 devoted to new ideas that extend traditional Decision Modeling and DMN-like tools in new directions: 1) Probabilistic reasoning when a decision model deals with uncertain facts about which we know only their probability; 2) Declarative … Continue reading

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From Knowledge Sources to Executable Decision Models (DC2023 Notes Part 1)

Considering the current explosive nature of Generative AI, it was only natural to expect that words such as LLMs, ChatGPT, OpenAI will be dominant at DecisionCAMP-2023 as well. In the world of Decision Modeling, it means that these new GenAI … Continue reading

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