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   <mainDescription>&lt;p>&#xD;
     The following diagram illustrates a conceptual breakdown of the different types of rules that are of interest to the&#xD;
     business.&#xD;
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     Structural rules define the terms used by the business in expressing their business rules and the relationships (facts)&#xD;
     among those terms. These comprise the vocabulary used in rule authoring. As an example a statement like: A Insurance&#xD;
     Policy includes a set of coverage, is effective at a given date and new to be renewed every six months, structures the&#xD;
     domain knowledge so that a InsurancePolicy entity will have a effectiveDate, expirationDate and a list of Coverage.&#xD;
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     Decision logic is the core of what is typically referred to as 'business rules.' When a business decision needs to be&#xD;
     made (e.g. whether to sell a given insurance policy, whether to accept or reject a claim), the business rules are the&#xD;
     individual statements of business logic that determine the result of the decision.&#xD;
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     Process flow rules are rules that purely direct the movement through a process flow (or workflow, etc.). It may be&#xD;
     helpful to distinguish process flow rules from the business logic rules that determine the values of the parameters on&#xD;
     which the process flow is directed.&#xD;
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     Barbara Von Halle in her book &quot;Business Rule Applied&quot; is proposing to following description for each sub class of the&#xD;
     decision logic:&lt;br />&#xD;
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                         &lt;b>&lt;font face=&quot;Times&quot;>Rule Classification&lt;/font>&lt;/b>&#xD;
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                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;font face=&quot;Times&quot;>Explanation&lt;/font>&lt;/b>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Mandatory constraints&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Rules that reject the attempted business&#xD;
                         transaction&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Grammar to use during rule documentation not&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>&amp;lt;term&amp;gt; MUST HAVE &amp;lt;at least, at most, exactly n&#xD;
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                         &amp;lt;a,b,c&amp;gt;;&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Guidelines&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Rules that does not reject the transaction; they merely&#xD;
                         warn about an undesirable circumstance. Usually translates to warning messages.&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>&amp;lt;term&amp;gt; SHOULD BE IN LIST&#xD;
                         &amp;lt;a,b,c&amp;gt;&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Action-enablers&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Rules that tests conditions and upon finding them true,&#xD;
                         initiate another business event, message or other activity&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>IF &amp;lt;condition&amp;gt; THEN action&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Computations&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Rule that creates new information from existing&#xD;
                         information based on mathematical computation. Result is a piece of knowledge because it cannot&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>&amp;lt;term&amp;gt; IS COMPUTED AS&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Inferences&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>Rules that create new information from existing&#xD;
                         information. Result is a piece of knowledge used as a new fact for the rule engine to&#xD;
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                         &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt&quot;>IF &amp;lt;term&amp;gt; &amp;lt;operator&amp;gt; &amp;lt;term&amp;gt; THEN&#xD;
                         &amp;lt;term&amp;gt; &amp;lt;operator&amp;gt; &amp;lt;term&amp;gt;&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&#xD;
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     Classifying the rules will help to decide for the best implementation. Inference and action enabler type of rules are&#xD;
     good candidates for a rule engine. Pure computation will most likely been done in code unless computation rules are&#xD;
     subject to frequent changes. It is also helping to evaluate the complexity of the rule and so to evaluate the workload&#xD;
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	The following diagram illustrates a conceptual breakdown of the different types of rules that are of interest to the
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	Structural rules define the terms used by the business in expressing their business rules and the relationships (facts)
	among those terms. These comprise the vocabulary used in rule authoring. As an example a statement like: A Insurance
	Policy includes a set of coverage, is effective at a given date and new to be renewed every six months, structures the
	domain knowledge so that a InsurancePolicy entity will have a effectiveDate, expirationDate and a list of Coverage.
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	Decision logic is the core of what is typically referred to as 'business rules.' When a business decision needs to be
	made (e.g. whether to sell a given insurance policy, whether to accept or reject a claim), the business rules are the
	individual statements of business logic that determine the result of the decision.
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	Process flow rules are rules that purely direct the movement through a process flow (or workflow, etc.). It may be
	helpful to distinguish process flow rules from the business logic rules that determine the values of the parameters on
	which the process flow is directed.
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	<p>
	Barbara Von Halle in her book "Business Rule Applied" is proposing to following description for each sub class of the
	decision logic:<br />
	<br />
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	<b><font face="Times">Rule Classification</font></b>
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	<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font face="Times">Explanation</font></b>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Mandatory constraints</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Rules that reject the attempted business
	transaction</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Grammar to use during rule documentation not
	implementation.</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">&lt;term&gt; MUST HAVE &lt;at least, at most, exactly n
	of&gt; &lt;term&gt;;</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">&lt;term&gt; MUST BE IN LIST
	&lt;a,b,c&gt;;</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Guidelines</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Rules that does not reject the transaction; they merely
	warn about an undesirable circumstance. Usually translates to warning messages.</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">&lt;term&gt; SHOULD HAVE &lt;at least, at most, exactly
	n of&gt; &lt;term&gt;;</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">&lt;term&gt; SHOULD BE IN LIST
	&lt;a,b,c&gt;</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Action-enablers</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Rules that tests conditions and upon finding them true,
	initiate another business event, message or other activity</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">IF &lt;condition&gt; THEN action</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Computations</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Rule that creates new information from existing
	information based on mathematical computation. Result is a piece of knowledge because it cannot
	simply be known.</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">&lt;term&gt; IS COMPUTED AS
	&lt;formula&gt;</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Inferences</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Rules that create new information from existing
	information. Result is a piece of knowledge used as a new fact for the rule engine to
	consider.</span></font>
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	<font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">IF &lt;term&gt; &lt;operator&gt; &lt;term&gt; THEN
	&lt;term&gt; &lt;operator&gt; &lt;term&gt;</span></font>
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	&nbsp;
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	Classifying the rules will help to decide for the best implementation. Inference and action enabler type of rules are
	good candidates for a rule engine. Pure computation will most likely been done in code unless computation rules are
	subject to frequent changes. It is also helping to evaluate the complexity of the rule and so to evaluate the workload
	to implement it.
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