Chapter 11. Rule-Based Programming

by Charles Young

In This Chapter

• The Roots of Confusion

• Understanding the Rule Engine

• Common Rule Patterns

• Rule Engine Mechanisms

• Working with Facts

• Optimizing Rule Sets

• Programming with the Rule API

The structure and definition of production rules is deceptively simple. In reality, rule development can be challenging. This chapter explores the foundations of the technology and its processing model. It equips developers with the knowledge needed to understand how to exploit the rule engine. It investigates the strengths and weaknesses of the rule-processing approach and explains various behaviors of the engine.

Microsoft’s engine supports facts encoded as Extensible Markup Language (XML) nodes, ...

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