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2026
Latest presentations and articles.
The newest work focuses on making optimization accessible to business users and turning solvers into repeatable decision factories.
Watch the DecisionCAMP 2026 presentation
A recorded introduction to business-friendly decision optimization with OpenRules.
Open resource ↗02From Solvers to Decision Factories
A February 2026 article about operationalizing optimization for repeated decision making.
Open resource ↗03Long-term vs Short-term Decisions
A January 2026 article on distinguishing strategic and operational decision horizons.
Open resource ↗2025
Rules, learning, and uncertainty.
Recent publications connect decision models with uncertainty, rule discovery, and continuously running services.
Making Operational Repetitive Decisions Under Uncertainty
A September 2025 article on repeatable decision making when outcomes are uncertain.
Open resource ↗02Rule Learner: Building Decision Models from Examples
Presented at DecisionCAMP 2025, with a recorded demonstration of learning rules from examples.
Open resource ↗03Business Rules with Regular Expressions
A practical OpenRules Blog article published in July 2025.
Open resource ↗04Continuous Decision Modeling
An article about evolving executable decision knowledge as business conditions change.
Open resource ↗05Business Decision Modeling with OpenRules
The 2025 book on developing operational decision services with the OpenRules platform.
Open resource ↗06Perpetually Running Decision Services
A July 2025 LinkedIn article about continuously operating decision services.
Open resource ↗07Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
A July 2025 LinkedIn article.
Open resource ↗08Solving Challenge “Risky Stocks”
An OpenRules Blog article published in June 2025.
Open resource ↗09Discovering Rules from Examples
A February 2025 LinkedIn article.
Open resource ↗10Resolving Conflicts among Business Rules
An OpenRules Blog article on identifying and resolving conflicting rules.
Open resource ↗Selected archive
A history of decision modeling in practice.
Selected talks, papers, books, and demonstrations from earlier years show how the platform and the discipline have evolved.
Decision Modeling for Scheduling and Resource Allocation Problems
Presented at DecisionCAMP 2024.
Open resource ↗02Declarative Decision Modeling with Rule Solver
Presented at DecisionCAMP 2023.
Open resource ↗03Decision Modeling: Good, Bad, Ugly
Presented at DecisionCAMP 2022, with a recorded talk.
Open page →04Continuous Digital Decisioning
A DecisionCAMP 2021 presentation about operational decision microservices in a CI/CD world.
Open resource ↗05Decision Optimization Microservices
A DecisionCAMP 2020 presentation on real-world decision-making applications.
Open resource ↗06Goal-Oriented Decision Modeling with OpenRules
A practical 2019 book for developing operational business decision models.
Open resource ↗07DMN in Action with OpenRules
A 2017 book about executable decision models using DMN and OpenRules.
Open resource ↗08View the complete historical archive
Browse the original collection of OpenRules presentations and publications dating back more than two decades.
Open page →2024–2020
Decision modeling, optimization, and production services.
Presentations, articles, and challenges from the most recent decade of the OpenRules archive.
Movie Production Scheduler
OpenRules Blog, December 2024.
Open resource ↗02Solving Boat Rental Problem with OpenRules Rule Solver
Ian Detinich, DMCommunity.org, September 2024.
Open resource ↗03How Decision Models Deal with Fairness
OpenRules Blog, July 2024.
Open resource ↗04English-like Expressions inside Decision Tables
OpenRules Blog, May 2024.
Open resource ↗05Machine Learning Inside Decision-Making Applications
Practical use cases from OpenRules Blog, March 2024.
Open resource ↗06Decision Modeling: Good, Bad, Ugly
DecisionCAMP 2022 presentation.
Open page →07How Business Analysts Represent and Debug Complex Decision Services
Building Business Capability Conference, 2022.
Open page →08How Decision Tables Work with Big Datasets
OpenRules Blog, June 2022.
Open resource ↗09Decision Services Handling Large Payloads
Webinar, April 2022.
Open resource ↗10Building, Deploying, and Orchestrating Complex Decision Services
Building Business Capability Conference, October 2020.
Open page →11Self-Learning Decision Models
DecisionCAMP Channel presentation, September 2020.
Open resource ↗12Developing Decision Optimization Microservices
DecisionCAMP 2020 presentation.
Open resource ↗2019–2017
Goal-oriented decision models and DMN in action.
Books, tutorials, conference presentations, and research on executable decision models.
Creating Intelligent Perpetually Running Applications with Business Rules
Building Business Capability Conference, 2019.
Open page →02Business Decision Modeling with Rule Engines and CP/LP Solvers
Jacob Feldman, October 2019.
Open page →03Building Operational Decision Services with AWS Lambda and API Gateway
OpenRules tutorial, September 2019.
Open page →04Creating OpenRules Decision Microservices with Maven, Spring Boot, and Docker
OpenRules tutorial, July 2019.
Open page →05Replacing Legacy Bank Account Management System Using Business Rules
Business Rules and Decisions Forum, 2018.
Open page →06Goal-Oriented Business Decision Modeling
DecisionCAMP 2018 presentation.
Open resource ↗07Building and Analyzing Goal-Oriented Decision Models
RuleML+RR 2018 Challenge proceedings.
Open resource ↗08How Business Analysts Build Executable Decision Models Using DMN Without Programming
Business Rules and Decisions Forum, 2017.
Open page →09Decision Modeling in Action with DMN and OpenRules
Business Rules and Decisions Forum, 2017.
Open page →10Decision Modeling with DMN and OpenRules
RuleML+RR 2017 tutorial.
Open resource ↗11Using Machine Learning for Compression of Large Classification Rulesets
RuleML webinar, 2017.
Open page →2016–2014
Decision modeling, optimization, and business rules.
Conference work spanning dynamic decision models, optimization, fairness, and rule management.
What-If Analyzer for DMN-based Decision Models
RuleML 2016 Challenge award-winning paper.
Open page →02Using Machine Learning, Business Rules, and Optimization for Flash Sale Pricing
DecisionCAMP 2016.
Open page →03Decision Modeling and Optimization: Finding Alternative and Optimal Decisions
BPM and Case Management Global Summit, 2016.
Open page →04Dynamic Decision Models: Activation/Deactivation of Business Rules in Real Time
bpmNEXT 2016.
Open page →05Good Old UServ Product Derby in the Brave New World of Decision Management
Business Building Capability Conference, 2015.
Open page →06Practical Techniques for Resolving Conflicts among Business Rules
BBC 2014.
Open page →07Building Domain-Specific Decision Models
DecisionCAMP 2014.
Open page →08The Decision Table Template for Geospatial Business Rules
Alex Karman, DecisionCAMP 2014.
Open page →2013–2007
Rules, constraints, and optimization foundations.
Technical presentations from the formative years of OpenRules and JSR-331.
How to Build Smarter Decision Models Capable To Make Optimal Decisions
DecisionCAMP 2013.
Open page →02JSR331 Standard: Current State and Future Plans
CP 2013.
Open page →03Rule-based Mobile Resource Learner for Field Scheduling Applications
Evgeny Selensky, DecisionCAMP 2013.
Open page →04Using Decision Tables to Model and Solve Scheduling and Resource Allocation Problems
Business Rules Forum 2012.
Open page →05Modeling and Solving Decision Optimization Problems
IntelliFest 2012.
Open page →06Using Constraint Solvers as Inference Engines
Rules Fest 2011.
Open page →07Representing and Solving Rule-Based Decision Models with Constraint Solvers
RuleML 2011 proceedings.
Open page →08Creating, Testing, and Executing Decision Models with OpenRules-6
OMG Decision Modeling Information Day, 2011.
Open page →09A Simple Inference Framework for Connecting the Dots
Rules Fest, 2010.
Open page →10Developing Large Scale Intelligent Checklists with OpenRules BRMS
Business Rules Forum 2010.
Open page →11An Integrated Business Rules and Constraints Approach to Data Centre Capacity Management
CP 2010 presentation.
Open page →12Integrating Business Rules and Machine Learning Technologies
Business Rules Forum 2007.
Open page →2006–1995
Earlier presentations and publications.
The archive’s earliest work on rules, scheduling, constraint programming, and decision engines.
Configuring Complex On-Demand Services with Business Rules
Business Rules Forum, 2006.
Open page →02Rules-Based Interaction Processes
Business Rules Forum, 2003.
Open page →03Workflow, Rule, and Optimization Engines: Working Together
Business Rules Forum, 2002.
Open page →04Interactive Constraint Propagation
INFORMS, 1999.
Open page →05Practical Patterns for Constraint Programming
PACP-98, London.
Open page →06Building Maintainable Scheduling & Resource Allocation Engines
INFORMS, 1998.
Open page →07Travel Time Optimization for Public Utility Job Scheduling
ILOG User’s Conference, 1997.
Open page →08Virtual Loader: a Development Environment for Load Planning Systems
ILOG User’s Conference, 1995.
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