Category Archives: Trends

Exceptions in Business Rules are Not Exceptions

Posted on November 17, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Handling exceptions in your business logic is one of the most typical and non-trivial problem in decision management.  There are two new posts Can you Override that Rule? and Are the Rules the Same for Everyone? from Carole-Ann Matignon of Sparkling Logic that provide dos … Continue reading →

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Forrester’s 2016 Predictions: Turn Data Into Insight And Action

Posted on November 11, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

How to use technology to glean deeper, faster insight from more data — and more cheaply? Consider that only 29% of architects say their firms are good at connecting analytics results to business outcome. This is a huge gap! Brian … Continue reading →

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About Real-Time Analytics

Posted on November 10, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In spite of the power of predictive analytics, there are many skeptics when it comes to real-time machine learning that assumes an access to a continuous flow of transactional data. The following article “What No One Tells You About Real-Time Machine Learning” … Continue reading →

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Gartner Predicts Bright Future for Business Optimization

Posted on November 7, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In the Market Guide for Optimization Solutions, Gartner predicts that by 2018 optimization will no longer be a niche discipline; it will become a best practice for leading organizations to address a wide range of complex business decisions.

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Is Open Source Safer than Commercial Software?

Posted on October 8, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The use of open source components is booming. According to analyst firms such as Forrester, Gartner, and 451 Research, 80-90% of all commercial software developers, use open source components and make them an integral part of their software.

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Convergence of Information and Knowledge Management Systems

Posted on October 2, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Transformation of data to knowledge is among the most popular discussions nowadays. As modern analytical tools penetrate everyday life of the traditional information management systems, these systems started to converge to what for a long time was known as Knowledge Management … Continue reading →

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Analytics Maturity Models

Posted on October 1, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Jean-Francois Puget from IBM continues his search for the best classification of different business analytics techniques. In this latest post, he distinguishes four maturity levels, depending on how much of the analytics process is automated: descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive: 

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The Most Popular Programming Languages

Posted on September 26, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Business Rules and Decision Management approach is offering a practical alternative to traditional programming that allows business analysts to represent their business logic. However, it is still interesting to see how different programming languages are doing. Below are the top 10 … Continue reading →

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Machine Learns To Play Chess Without Being Told the Rules

Posted on September 18, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We all know that Google Translate successfully translates texts from one language to another without understanding of the underlying semantics.  Now we got another example of a pure statistical learning – read this article “Machine teaches itself chess in 24 … Continue reading →

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The DMN Ecosystem is Growing Every Day

Posted on September 9, 2015 by decisionmanagementcommunity

You will find the article with this encouraging title here.  Also you may look at the latest Catalog of vendors that already announced their support of the DMN standard and compare their products feature-by-feature.

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