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Business Rules Management and Service Oriented Architecture


Business Rules Management and Service Oriented Architecture

A Pattern Language
1. Aufl.

von: Ian Graham

33,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 06.02.2007
ISBN/EAN: 9780470059807
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 296

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Business rules management system (BRMS) is a software tools that work alongside enterprise IT applications. It enables enterprises to automate decision-making processes typically consisting of separate business rules authoring and rules execution applications. <p>This proposed title brings together the following key ideas in modern enterprise system development best practice.</p> <ul type="disc"> <li>The need for service-oriented architecture (SOA).</li> <li>How the former depends on component-based development (CBD).</li> <li>Database-centred approaches to business rules (inc. GUIDES).</li> <li>Knowledge-based approaches to business rules.</li> <li>Using patterns to design and develop business rules management systems</li> </ul> <p>Ian Graham is an industry consultant with over 20 years. He is recognized internationally as an authority on business modelling, object-oriented software development methods and expert systems. He has a significant public presence, being associated with both UK and international professional organizations, and is frequently quoted in the IT and financial press.</p>
<b><i>Foreword.</i></b> <p><b><i>Preface.</i></b></p> <p><b>1 Aligning IT with Business.</b></p> <p>1.1 Historical Background.</p> <p>1.2 What are Business Rules?</p> <p>1.3 What is Business Rules Management?</p> <p>1.4 Why use a Business Rules Management System?</p> <p>1.5 The Benefits.</p> <p>1.6 Summary.</p> <p>1.7 Bibliographical Notes.</p> <p><b>2 Service Oriented Architecture and Software Components.</b></p> <p>2.1 Service Oriented Architecture and Business Rules.</p> <p>2.2 Service Implementation using Components.</p> <p>2.3 Agents and Rules.</p> <p>2.4 Service Oriented Architecture andWeb Services.</p> <p>2.5 Adoption Strategies.</p> <p>2.6 Summary.</p> <p>2.7 Bibliographical Notes.</p> <p><b>3 Approaches to Business Rules.</b></p> <p>3.1 Database-centric Approaches.</p> <p>3.2 GUIDE and the Business Rules Group.</p> <p>3.3 Using UML and OCL to Express Rules.</p> <p>3.4 Business Rules Management Systems and Expert Systems.</p> <p>3.5 Other Developments.</p> <p>3.6 Standards, Directions and Trends.</p> <p>3.7 Summary.</p> <p>3.8 Bibliographical Notes.</p> <p><b>4 Business Rules Management Technology and Terminology.</b></p> <p>4.1 Rules and Other Forms of Knowledge Representation.</p> <p>4.2 Knowledge and Inference.</p> <p>4.3 Inference in Business Rules Management Systems.</p> <p>4.4 Data Mining and Rule Induction.</p> <p>4.5 Techniques for Representing Rules.</p> <p>4.6 Uncertainty Management.</p> <p>4.7 Ontology and Epistemology: the Rˆole of Object Modelling in.</p> <p>Natural Language Processing.</p> <p>4.8 Summary.</p> <p>4.9 Bibliographical Notes.</p> <p><b>5 Features of Business Rules Management Systems.</b></p> <p>5.1 The Components and Technical Features of a BRMS.</p> <p>5.2 BRMS Products.</p> <p>5.3 A Simple Application.</p> <p>5.4 Usability Issues.</p> <p>5.5 Summary.</p> <p>5.6 Bibliographical Notes.</p> <p><b>6 Development Methods.</b></p> <p>6.1 Knowledge Acquisition and Analysis.</p> <p>6.2 System Development.</p> <p>6.3 Halle’s Guidelines.</p> <p>6.4 Rule Style Guidance.</p> <p>6.5 Summary.</p> <p>6.6 Bibliographical Notes.</p> <p><b>7 A Pattern Language for BRMS Development.</b></p> <p>7.1 What are Patterns?</p> <p>7.2 Why a Pattern Language?</p> <p>7.3 The RulePatterns Language – Part I.</p> <p>7.4 The RulePatterns Language – Part II.</p> <p>7.5 Related Patterns and Pattern Languages.</p> <p><b>APPENDICES.</b></p> <p><b>A The Business Rules Manifesto.</b></p> <p><b>B A Simple Method for Evaluating BRMS Products.</b></p> <p><b>References and Bibliography.</b></p> <p><b>Index.</b></p>
<b>Ian Graham</b> is an industry consultant with over 20 year’s experience. He is recognized internationally as an authority on <b>business modelling</b>, <b>object-oriented software development methods</b> and <b>expert systems</b>. He has a significant public presence, being associated with both UK and international professional organizations, and is frequently quoted in the IT and financial press. <p>Ian is well known as a <b>public speaker and writer on advanced computing</b> and has published over 60 articles and papers. His books, <i>Object-Oriented Methods</i> and <i>Migrating to Object Technology</i> are rated best sellers in their field.</p>
"SOAs and business rules are two of the hottest and most misunderstood topics in our industry. Graham's book does a very good job of explaining these concepts and presenting their symbiotic relationship to each other."<br /> —David Marco, President, EWSolutions, Author of "Universal Meta Data Model" and "Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository" Universally Recognized as the world's leading authority on Meta Data Management. <p>Business rules management system (BRMS) is a software tool that works alongside enterprise IT applications. It enables businesses to automate decision-making processes.  Business rules represent any type of business data such as policies, procedures or regulations that define or constrain some aspect of a business.</p> <p>International expert Ian Graham reveals best practice in modern enterprise system development.  He clearly demonstrates how to align IT with business goals.</p> <p><i>Business Rules Management and Service Oriented Architecture</i> will give you a greater understanding of:</p> <ul> <li>The need for service-oriented architecture;</li> <li>How the former depends on component-based development;</li> <li>The technical features of a BRMS;</li> <li>How to create a pattern language for BRMS development.</li> </ul> <p>A BRMS could enable your business to reap the rewards of lower maintenance costs, greater business agility, enhanced decision-making and increased revenue. Strengthen your business by deploying this approach.</p>

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