Architecture

OpenRules^® architecture and related components.

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

Being a Business Decision Management System, OpenRules^® provides a suite of open source components for development of custom decision support applications:

OpenRules Components

Rule Learner

Business Rules Discovery and Compression

Rule Engine

Business Rules Execution

Rule Validator

Business Rules Validation and Error Diagnostic

Rule Tester

Business Rules Testing

Rule Editors

Excel, OpenOffice, Google Spreadsheets

Rule Solver

Optimal Decision Search
(Upgraded to JSR-331)

Rule Forms

Dynamic Web Forms with Rules

Rule Deployer

Java API, Web Services,
Web Applications

(click on any box to learn more about this OpenRules component)

Here is a list of OpenRules^®-based architectural diagrams:

See also different OpenRules^® components.

OpenRules^®utilizes commonly used tools such as MS Excel, Eclipse IDE, and Google Docs. OpenRules^® also relies on proven open source tools/libraries created and maintained by different open source contributors. The downloadable OpenRules^® software includes copies of related freely distributed 3rd party products in accordance with their open source licenses.