RULES BASED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

Systems, methods and mediums are described for processing rules and associated bags of facts generated by an application in communication with a processing engine, database and rule engine that process the bags of facts in view of the rules and generate one or more rule-dependent responses to the application which performs one or more work flows based on the responses. The rule engine may apply forward-chaining, backward-chaining or a combination of forward-chaining and backward-chaining to process the rules and facts. Numerous novel applications that work in conjunction with the processing engine, database and rule engine are also described.

主权项

1. A system for constructing a set of rule code for use in a rule engine, comprising:
a configurator configured to receive input data from a user without requiring the user to write the set of rule code and to format the input data to create formatted data, the input data including one or more process states of an application, one or more inputs that may be received at each of the one or more process states, one or more expected outputs of each of the one or more process states, and one or more actions to be performed at each of the one or more process states; and a rule writer configured to receive the formatted data and to generate the set of rule code that can be sent together to and performed by the rule engine operating in conjunction with the application, the set of rule code including one or more rules that apply to a bag of facts containing data this is true for the one or more rules for a current process state among the one or more process states and without requesting additional rules or additional data for the one or more rules from any source during the current process state.