BizTalk v.s. Windows Workflow Foundation
I just got the MSDN in the snail mail box and was reading this morning about the new Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF). There is a strong similarity with Biztalk in regards to the Workflow part of...
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New Policy Verificator release
Acumen Business has just released the beta version of the new Policy Verificator that supports BizTalk 2006.Major enhancements are made in the Interactive Rule Map (rule spider). There is a new free...
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Rule Animation
Business Rules Manager 1.4.0.20 showing the new enhancements in the Interactive Rule Map.Discovery of new galaxies?
View ArticleThe article that started it all?
Business Process Trends had an article posted by Steve Minsky who gave the example:If a customer has good credit then assign a credit rate of 6 If a customer has good credit then assign a credit rate...
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Decision Tree Editor
In previous posts I have mentioned the usage of Decision Trees or Decision Tables to represent business rules.Acumen Business has developed an editor to create such Decision Tree rules. See the video...
View ArticleWhat is missing in WWF rules
There is an interesting discussion going on how WWF rules is different from a BRMS solution. Although some comparisions are more related to the comparison with QuickRules.NET, there are quite a few...
View ArticleHow to understand a large ruleset?
Peter Lin has a very valid concern :My main caution to users is that no matter how nice the writing part is, howdoes the tool make it easier to maintain and understand a large ruleset? Does ithave the...
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Business Rules for the Windows Workflow Foundation
If you like to see the latest version of the RuleManager with support for Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation, you can request to see the product in action at the Business Rules Forum. Fill in the...
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Importing Biztalk rules and export to Windows Workflow Foundation
The new Rule Manager (version 1.4.0.50) is released!With just a few mouse clicks, the Rule Manager from Acumen Business imports a BizTalk rule policy and export the rules to the Windows Workflow...
View Article13 years ago
Found my old research paper from 1994 "An object-oriented approach to knowledge representation in a biomedical domain". Looked like they scanned the contents of the original paper.It's pretty outdated....
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Rule Validation Video
The Rule Manager will soon be enhanced with a new feature that allows the Interactive Rule Map as a Rule Debugger. See a video here: Rule Validation Video. It almost became an action movie :).This is...
View ArticleWebCast about Windows Workflow Foundation Rules
Tomorrow, there is a free webcast by Kavita Kamani (Microsoft) about using the rules engine that is part of Windows Workflow Foundation. You can register for this event here.Microsoft's rules engine is...
View ArticleSuppress “A first chance exception of type…” Messages in VS 2005
When writing an API framework, it's good practice to throw appropriate framework exceptions. I have several extended application exceptions in my rule engine framework. When executing all unit tests,...
View ArticleRule Manager 1.5.0.x is released
The new Rule Manager (1.5.0.x) is released! There are many new features and enhancements. Here are some of the highlights:Rule Validation; in the interactive rule map you can let the rules engine...
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Microsoft XPS format
During a web demonstration of the Rule Manager I had to go for a full OS reboot. Not very pretty for a product demonstration. What happened? Not really sure, but it seems that the latest version of...
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A Test suite for business rules
I mentioned in a previous posts that the rule validation in the interactive rule map (cause-effect graph between terms and rules) is part one of the rule validation.In the image on the right (click to...
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WebCast on Advanced Scenarios of WFRules
Kavita (Microsoft) will give a presentation this Friday (7/6/2007) about some advanced scenarios using rules with Windows Workflow Foundation. During this presentation you will see screenshots of...
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Rule Vendors - Product Derby
Once a year, during the business rules symposium, vendors of rule engines can show how they implement a general use case that contains many business rules. This use case is known as the UServ Product...
View ArticlePaul Andrew : What to use Windows Workflow Foundation for?
Paul Andrew has a nice write up on why you would use Windows Workflow Foundation. There are some excellent arguments for the use of the rules component: the visibility into the business logic and the...
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Graphical Rule Editor for RuleML format
In the last few weeks we have created the RuleML adapter for the Rule Manager. The RuleML adapter allows to export a business rules policy to the Reaction RuleML format. Please bear with us that we are...
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