Decision Management System

= Open Source =

OpenRules^® is a BDMS, Business Decision Management System, available as an Open Source product. It is oriented to subject matter experts allowing them to create, test, and maintain enterprise-class decision support applications.

What Business Analysts Can Do:

demo * Define Complex Business Decisions * Represent Decision Tables

* Define Business Glossaries

* Create and Execute Test Cases

* Execute Business Decisions

Tools: MS Excel^®, OpenOffice^® or Google Docs^®

Key Differentiators:

* Executable decision models

* There is no rule language to learn

* No coding of rules is required

* Business analysts control business logic

* Solving business optimization problems

See Decision modeling methodology, Rule Solver

What OpenRules Can Do:

* Rules-based development

* Simple Java or .NET integration

* Rules-based web applications

* Predictive analytics

* Constraint solving, optimization

WhatsNew:

JSR-331 is now a standard

JSR-331 "Constraint Programming API" has been approved by the JCP Executive Committee - read more.

OpenRules 6.2.0 is available

The release 6.2.0 adds a new inferential rule engine (see Rule Solver) and enhances executable decision models with new functionality required by real-world applications.

March 5, 2012

"OpenRules have the most-aggressive approaches to business-expert authoring and typically requires less developer support than IBM ILOG, FICO Blaze Advisor, and JBoss BRMS."

Market Overview: Business Rules Platforms 2011

July 5, 2011

Events

Recent Events

demo

RuleML 2011, The 5th International Symposium on Rules, November 3-5, 2011, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Business Rules Forum 2011, October 30 - November 3, 2011, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Rules Fest 2011, October 24-27, 2011, Burlingame, CA

Upcoming Events

AREIS 2012: July 1, UK

ISMP 2012: Aug. 1-24, Germany

CP 2012: Oct, 8-12, Canada

BBC 2012: Oct. 28 - Nov.2, USA

Major Functional Components

	Rule Repository Enterprise-class Repository Maintained by Business Analysts with Excel^® or Google Docs^®				Rule Engine Executing Decisions with Inter-Related Decision Tables
	Rule Learner Discovering Rules Predictive Analytics				Rule Dialog Developing dynamic rules-based Web Questionnaires

	Rule Solver Constraint Satisfaction Solving Optimization Problems				Finite State Machines Event Processing Connecting the Dots

(click on any button to learn more about the component)

OpenRules, Inc. offers methodology and proven open source tools that enable business analysts to create a Business Rules Repository to be used across an enterprise as a foundation for rules-based applications with complex business, processing, and presentation logic. OpenRules^® customers maintain their rules repositories using familiar graphical interfaces provided by MS Excel™ or OpenOffice™. Being integrated with Google Docs™, OpenRules^® supports collaborative rules management. The use of standard tools gives customers easy access to very powerful features including editing, searching, and integration capabilities. OpenRules^® also helps subject matter experts to work in concert with software developers to integrate their decisions into existing infrastructures for Java and .NET. 　

OpenRules^® demystifies rule engines and makes rules-based systems not only less expensive, but more importantly, easier to develop, and manage, and more sustainable. From multi-billion corporations to children's hospitals and innovative start-ups, OpenRules^® customers capitalize on their familiarity with popular tools such as MS Excel, Google Docs, and Eclipse IDE to effectively minimize their learning curve. OpenRules^® helps customers to meet the increasing demand for very complex rule bases and high-transaction volumes, with simpler, more cost-effective solutions.

OpenRules, Inc. stands behind all provided Open Source tools with premium Technical Support and related Consulting and Training Services.