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Course Outline
Short introduction to rule engines
- Overview of Expert Systems and Rule Engines
- Understanding Artificial Intelligence
- Forward vs. Backward Chaining
- Declarative vs. Procedural/OOP Approaches
- Comparing Different Solutions
- When to Use Rule Engines
- When Not to Use Rule Engines
- Alternatives to Rule Engines
KIE
- Declarative vs. Traditional Fact Models
- Executing Simple Rules with Basic Tests
- Authoring Assets
- Decision Tables
- Rule Templates
- Guided Rule Editor
- Testing: Benefits and Limitations
- Developing Simple Processes with Rules
Writing Rules in Eclipse
- Stateless vs. Stateful Sessions
- Selecting Appropriate Facts
- Basic Operators and Drools-Specific Operators
- Basic Accumulate Functions (e.g., sum, max)
- Intermediate Calculations
- Inserting New Facts
- Practical Exercises (Numerous)
Ordering Rules with BPMN
- Salience
- Ruleflow vs. BPMN 2.0
- Executing Rule Sets from a Process
- Rules vs. Gateways
- Overview of BPMN 2.0 Features (Transactions, Exception Handling)
- Comprehensive Declarative Business Logic in Drools
Domain Specific Languages (DSL)
- Creating New Languages
- Preparing DSL for Use by Managers
- Basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) with DSL
- Strategies for Writing DSL from Rules
- Strategies for Writing Rules from DSL Created by Analysts
Unit Testing
- Testing Strategies (Per Case vs. Per Rule)
- Automating Test Execution
Requirements
While not mandatory, programming proficiency in any language (such as SQL, Java, C#, VBA, etc.) is strongly recommended.
21 Hours
Testimonials (2)
I loved that he was able to see our machines to help us when we got stuck.
Megan Burns - Sandia National Labs
Course - Drools 7 and DSL for Business Analysts
Exercises and solving problems in groups when the problems were more difficult.