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| Spreadsheet like, or&nbsp;table view for<a id="4305" name="4305"><span
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| style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">&nbsp;a set of business rules, where a rule is
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| represented by a row in the table.</span></a> <a id="5839" name="5839"><span
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| rows and columns identify all situations that require a business decision, and specify which action to take in each of
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| these situations.</span></a>
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| Here is an example of decision table based on a car rental example which verifies for each USA state if the age of the
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| rental customer is in possible range.&nbsp;
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