Category Archives: Decision Models

How to Scale Business Rules

Posted on February 19, 2016 by jacobfeldman

Why are large business rule sets—those that start large and especially those that become large over time—hard to manage? Why do they often collapse under their own weight, becoming a nightmare of unreliability and an incomprehensible tangle of poorly understood … Continue reading →

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Two DM Articles

Posted on February 14, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Martijn Zoet, Professor at Zuyd Úniversity of Applied Sciences, published two articles: Seven Business Models for Decision Management Decision Management: The Dowsing Rod of Change

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New Book “DMN Method and Style”

Posted on February 3, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Bruce Silver just published a new book “DMN Method and Style: The Practitioner’s Guide to Decision Modeling with Business Rules” available from Amazon.  This is the very first book that not only describes the latest version 1.1 of the DMN standard (not … Continue reading →

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We Received 19(!) Solutions for the “Vacation Days” Challenge

Posted on January 30, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This month we challenged our community to submit solutions for notorious decision model “Calculate Vacation Days”.  We’ve already received 19 solutions using 9 different products! So, now we all will wait for Prof. Jan Vanthienen to provide his analysis of these solutions and … Continue reading →

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Vacation Days Challenge

Posted on January 24, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Jan-2016 Challenge “Vacation Days” generates a lot of interest among practitioners and experts. We’ve already received various solutions from 4 sources: OpenRules, DMN/Oracle, Progress Corticon, and Trisotech. You still have time to submit your solution that may become a choice for Prof. … Continue reading →

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New Model for Learning by Prof. Vladimir Vapnik

Posted on January 13, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

During the last 50 years, a strong machine learning theory has been developed. The common observation is that human students require much less examples for training than a learning machine. Why? Prof. Vladimir Vapnik explains: “that it is because the human students … Continue reading →

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Decision Table Modeling with DMN Training

Posted on January 12, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The 3-part online live training class “Decision Table Modeling with DMN” will be taught on Feb 2-4, 2016 by Prof. Jan Vanthienen, a leading decision table expert. Register now to take advantage of a special Pilot Class pricing – 50% off full price.

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What Constitutes a Good Decision Table? Challenge Jan-2016

Posted on December 28, 2015 by jacobfeldman

What constitutes a good decision table? There are many recommendations provided by well-known experts such as  Prof. Jan Vanthienen.  But it’s always a good idea to see at least one specific example and to analyze its different representations. So, we published a … Continue reading →

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Signavio is our New Sponsor

Posted on December 4, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

DMCommunity welcomes a new premium sponsor Signavio, who provides a web-based integrated solution combining Business Process Analysis and Decision Management tools. Signavio Process Editor and Decision Manager empower organizations to take decision management to the next level by creating transparent decision … Continue reading →

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We Built Them, But We Don’t Understand Them

Posted on November 26, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We design machines to act the way we do: they help drive our cars, fly our airplanes, route our packages, approve our loans, screen our messages, recommend our entertainment, suggest our next potential romantic partners, and enable our doctors to … Continue reading →

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