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References

1

From How to Build a Business Rules Engine: Extending Application

Functionality through Metadata Engineering by Malcolm Chisholm

(Morgan Kaufman, 2004).

2

From Principles of the Business Rule Approach by Ronald G. Ross

(Addison-Wesley, 2003).

3

For more information on data models for orders, see Chapter 4 of

The Data Model Resource Book, Revised Edition, Volume 1, A Library

of Universal Data Models for All Enterprises, by L. Silverston (Wiley,

2001).

4

From ‘‘Sentence Patterns for Rule Statements’’ in Principles of the

Business Rule Approach by Ronald G. Ross (Addison-Wesley, 2003).

5

From the ever-excellent data modeler, Ed Landale.

6

A good reference for physical implementations for business rules is

How to B uild a Business Rules Engine: Extending Application Function-

ality through Metadata Engineering by Malcolm Chisholm (Morgan

Kaufman, 2004).

7

An earlier version of this pricing model can be seen in The Data

Model Resource Book, Revised Edition, Volume 1, A Library of

Universal Data M odels for All Enterprises, By L. Silverston (Wiley,

2001).