Category Archives: Decision Models

Notes about DecisionCAMP-2016

Posted on July 11, 2016 by jacobfeldman

DecisionCAMP/RuleML 2016 is now a history, and I’d say a very good history with a lot of very interesting mini-events. I will try to briefly describe some of them in these notes. This year the Decision Model and Notation (DMN) standard was … Continue reading →

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Decision Fundamentals: Building Institutional Memory

Posted on June 22, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

FICO published an interesting post about Institutional Memory that is critical in operationalizing data-driven decision-making. Unless you intend to rely on “matriarchs” who have been around for 30+ years, you’re going to need a system for this, and the system requires … Continue reading →

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DMN Interchange Software

Posted on May 23, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

As a community, we would like to maintain different software pieces that can be shared and reused by vendors and practitioners to promote Decision Management in general and the DMN standard in particular. So, we added a special section “Community Software” to … Continue reading →

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How Big of a Role Do You See Decision Management Playing in BPM?

Posted on April 27, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

bpmNEXT provoked an interesting discussion with this title among BPM experts at bpm.com.

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“This is the year for DMN”

Posted on April 23, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

A slide with this statement was shown on the last day of just concluded bpmNEXT-2016 at Santa Barbara. Decision Modeling and Decision Management played a significant role at this prestigious conference and experts predict that in the nearest future the technologies behind such standards as BPMN, … Continue reading →

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Gartner Backs Decision Modeling in Algorithm Economy

Posted on April 14, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

James Taylor just published a post, in which he describes a new research Develop Good Decision Models to Succeed at Decision Management produced by Gartner’s analysts Lisa Kart and Roy Schulte and available only to subscribers.

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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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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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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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And the Oscar Goes To…

Posted on February 23, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Prof. Jan Vanthienen took time to carefully analyze all 19 solutions submitted for our Jan-2016 Challenge. The results of his analysis are now available in this report. Here is a summary: We want to thank Prof. Vanthienen for his thorough analysis. To … Continue reading →

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