Category Archives: Decision Models

UServ Product Derby Solutions

Posted on February 1, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We have received 5 solutions for the Dec2014-Jan2015 Challenge ( in order of submission): Blueriq – submitted by Maarten Schadd from http://www.blueriq.com Corticon – submitted by Michael Parish from Progress Corticon IBM ODM – submitted by Rafael Ortiguela from DECIDE Sapiens – submitted by Gil Segal from www.sapiensdecision.com OpenRules – … Continue reading →

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Modeling Decisions with Complex Logic

Posted on November 29, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We posted a summary of the Nov-2014 Challenge at the LinkedIn Group “Business Rules“.

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UServ Product Derby is Getting Second Life as a DM Challenge

Posted on November 25, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

10+ years ago BR vendors had a chance to demonstrate their product capabilities at Business Rules Forums (now BBC) using the same highly popular use case known as “UServ Product Derby”.  We decided to revive the derby as a DM Challenge for … Continue reading →

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Six Solutions for Oct-2014 Challenge

Posted on October 30, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We want to thank everybody who provided solutions to Challenge Oct-2014. They used six different BR tools. We would appreciate if our readers compare these solutions and post their comments. A new Challenge Nov-2014 is underway.

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A new Case Study “Diabetic Patient Monitoring”

Posted on October 23, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We have added a new case study “Diabetic Patient Monitoring” submitted by Mike Parish from Progress Software.

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Challenge Nov-2014 has been published

Posted on October 21, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Ponder a new Challenge Nov-2014: Decision Model “Who killed Agatha?” It would be interesting to see which products would be able to help to crack this challenge (and which would not).

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One more solution for Sep-2014 challenge

Posted on October 10, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Francisco Manso from the Spanish company “DECIDE” provided another solution for the Sep-2014 Challenge. He implemented the decision model  “Determine the Risk of Meeting a Werewolf” using IBM ODM 8.6. Francisco concluded that if you do not want to meet a werewolf your … Continue reading →

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IBM paper “Patterns for Combining Analytics with Operational Decision management in Smarter Processes”

Posted on October 6, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

IBM published the article “Patterns for Combining Analytics with Operational Decision management in Smarter Processes” that looks at patterns that allow business insights and situational awareness provided by big data and analytics to be combined with Operational Decision Management to produce actionable responses … Continue reading →

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The first solution for Oct-2014 Challenge

Posted on September 30, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Martijn Tromm from Oracle has submitted the first solution for the Oct-2014 Challenge “Borrowing Decision with Mitigation Criteria“. Martijn created this solution using Oracle Policy Automation just in 2 hours and wrote a nice report. Please read it and provide your … Continue reading →

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Case Study “Predictive Analytics in Retail”

Posted on September 24, 2014 by decisionmanagementcommunity

A new case study “Predictive Analytics in Retail” written by Professor Galit Shmuéli has been added. It explains the process required to implement a predictive analytics project using the case of online retailer Flipkart.com.

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