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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold&quot;>Rule Testing allows developers to:&lt;/span>&#xD;
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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial&quot;>1.&lt;/span>&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold&quot;>Validate each rule in the context of its rule set:&lt;/span>&#xD;
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    •&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span> Control the rule set&#xD;
    quality&#xD;
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    •&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span> Impact analysis: to define&#xD;
    at the execution if rules are in conflict&#xD;
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    •&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span> Define Data scenarios and&#xD;
    test cases to complete the rule approach.&#xD;
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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial&quot;>2.&lt;/span>&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold&quot;>Develop a powerful framework to support this goal&lt;/span>&#xD;
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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial&quot;>3.&lt;/span>&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold&quot;>Helps to have non-regression tests&lt;/span>&#xD;
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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial&quot;>4.&lt;/span>&lt;span&#xD;
    style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&#xD;
    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold&quot;>Helps to have simulation platform&lt;/span>&lt;br />&#xD;
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    &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold&quot;>The objective of testing is&#xD;
    to&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&#xD;
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    •&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>Allow policy managers and business&#xD;
    analysts to ensure that the rules are consistent with the intended policy&#xD;
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    •&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 7pt&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>Provide a sandbox environment for&#xD;
    policy experimentation&#xD;
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    We distinguish three types&lt;b>:&lt;/b>&lt;br />&#xD;
    &lt;br />&#xD;
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                    &lt;b>&lt;i>Unit Testing&lt;/i>&lt;/b>&#xD;
                &lt;/p>&#xD;
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                    The process of testing a &lt;b>specific rule&lt;/b>&#xD;
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                    &lt;b>&lt;i>End-to-End Testing&lt;/i>&lt;/b>&#xD;
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                    The process of testing a (larger) set of rules, a whole ruleflow or an &lt;b>entire rule service&lt;/b>&#xD;
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                    &lt;b>&lt;i>Simulation and Impact Analysis&lt;/i>&lt;/b>&#xD;
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                    The process of testing a &lt;b>policy change&lt;/b> on a sample set of &lt;b>real data&lt;/b>, to predict the&#xD;
                    &lt;b>impact&lt;/b> this would have &lt;b>on the business&lt;/b>&#xD;
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