US 2014/0279810 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING BUSINESS RULES FOR DECISION ENGINES

Abstract

Systems and methods for developing business rules for decision engines are provided. A user interface may be provided for inputting business rules and one or more sets of data. The business rules may be in a format of a decision table and/or a decision matrix. The business rules may be applied on the sets of data to generate rule feedback, using an internal decision engine, which denotes coverage of the data by the business rules. The rule feedback may be provided on the user interface, such as with a data coverage indicator utilizing colors, and/or data coverage statistics. The business rules may be defined and validated prior to implementation in an external decision engine. Importable business rules that are adapted to be executed by the external decision engine may be generated based on the business rules. Components of the system may be executed locally on a personal computer.

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A method of developing a plurality of business rules for an external decision engine, using a processor, the method comprising:

providing, using the processor, a user interface for enabling a user to input the plurality of business rules and one or more sets of data, wherein a format of the plurality of business rules is in one or more of a decision table or a decision matrix;
receiving the plurality of business rules and the one or more sets of data from the user interface at the processor;
applying the plurality of business rules on the one or more sets of data to generate rule feedback, using the processor, wherein the rule feedback denotes coverage of the one or more sets of data by the plurality of business rules;
providing the rule feedback on the user interface, using the processor, the rule feedback based on applying the plurality of business rules;
and
generating a plurality of importable business rules based on the plurality of business rules, using the processor, the plurality of importable business rules adapted to be executed by the external decision engine.

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A system for developing a plurality of business rules for an external decision engine, the system comprising:

a processor;
a user interface in communication with the processor;
a memory in communication with the processor, the memory for storing:
a business rule development module for:
providing the user interface for enabling a user to input the plurality of business rules and one or more sets of data, wherein a format of the plurality of business rules is in one or more of a decision table or a decision matrix;
receiving the plurality of business rules and the one or more sets of data from the user interface;
applying the plurality of business rules on the one or more sets of data to generate rule feedback, wherein the rule feedback denotes coverage of the one or more sets of data by the plurality of business rules;
providing the rule feedback on the user interface, the rule feedback based on applying the plurality of business rules;
and
generating a plurality of importable business rules based on the plurality of business rules, the plurality of importable business rules adapted to be executed by the external decision engine.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for developing business rules for decision engines

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