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Academic papers and theses about rule engines and decision automation, from Forgy's original Rete paper onwards.

Rete: A fast algorithm for the many pattern/many object pattern match problem​

  • Author: Charles L. Forgy
  • Artificial Intelligence, Volume 19, Issue 1, September 1982, Pages 17-37

Production Matching for Large Learning Systems (Rete/UL)​

  • Author: Robert B. Doorenbos
  • PhD thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, January 31, 1995

The LEAPS Algorithms​

  • Author: Don Batory
  • Technical Report 94-28, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1994

Putting BPMN and DMN to Work: a Pediatric Surgery Case Study​

  • Authors: Anna Maria Bianchi, Matteo Mortari, Claudio Pintavalle, Giuseppe Pozzi
  • Paper: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Digital Health (ICDH), 2021, pp. 154-159, doi: 10.1109/ICDH52753.2021.00028
  • University: Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Modeling surgical pediatric processes with BPMN and DMN​

  • Author: Claudio Pintavalle
  • Supervisor: Anna Maria Bianchi
  • Co-Supervisor: Giuseppe Pozzi
  • Master’s degree thesis
  • University: Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Application of Drools in network fault management system​

  • Authors: Ma Xiu-li, Wang Hong-xia, Zhang Ling-yun
  • Paper: Computer Engineering and Design, Vol. 30, No. 8 (2009/04/28)
  • University: University,Shenyang 110168,China

A Snort-based agent for a JADE multi-agent intrusion detection system​

  • Authors: Mosqueira-Rey, Alonso-Betanzos, Guijarro-Berdinas, Alonso-Rios, Lago-Pineiro
  • University: Department of Computer Science, University of A Corufia, ESPAGNE

Achieving Rule Interoperability Using Chains of Model Transformations​

  • Authors: Marcos Didonet Del Fabro, Patrick Albert, Jean Bézivi, Frédéric Jouault
  • Paper ISBN: 978-3-642-02407-8

Implementing a Rule-Based Contract Compliance Checker​

  • Authors: Massimo Strano, Carlos Molina-Jimenez, Santosh Shrivastava
  • Paper ISBN: 978-3-642-04279-9
  • University: Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Want to Know How to Play the Game? Ask the ORACLE!​

  • Authors: Paola Rizzo, Michael Kriege, Rui Figueiredo, MeiYii Lim and Ruth Aylett
  • Paper ISBN: 978-3-642-04379-6
  • Universities: Interagens s.r.l., c/o ITech, Rome, Italy; Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, UK; INESC-ID, Porto Salvo, Portugal

Off-line Analysis Research and Implementation Based on Drools​

  • Authors: XIU Jie-lei XU Nan-shan WEI Sheng-jun
  • Universities: School of Information Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology,Beijing, China; Laboratory of Computer Network Defense Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing,China

An industry survey of autonomic infrastructure​

  • Authors: Michael Keith Nunez, Gary Mueller
  • Paper ISBN: 978-1-60558-612-0
  • Organisation: Sun Microsystems, Inc. , Broomfield, CO, USA

An Automatically Composable OWL Reasoner for Resource Constrained Devices​

  • Authors: BRENNAN, ROB, O'SULLIVAN, DECLAN, KEENEY, JOHN
  • University: Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

Semi-automatic Composition of Geospatial Web Services Using JBoss Rules​

  • Authors: Raluca Zaharia (1) and Laurentiu Vasiliu (1) and Costin Badica (2)
  • (1) Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
  • (2) Software Engineering Department, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Keywords: Semantic Web Services, WSMO/L/X, ASM

Building Machine Learning with Drools Reteoo (Red Hat sponsored research)​

  • Student: Gizil Oguz
  • Mentor: Viktor Kuncak
  • University: Ecol Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Development of a Rich Client based GUI for Expert Systems (in German)​

  • Student: Dennis Huning
  • Mentor: Prof. Nikolaus Wulff
  • Bachelor Thesis
  • University: University of Applied Sciences, Fachhochschule Muenster, Germany

Reasoning with Uncertainty in Drools​

  • Student: Davide Sottara
  • Mentor: Prof. Paola Mello
  • Paper: Adding Uncertainty to Rete-OO engines (To be published)
  • University: DEIS, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna

Program, Enhance Thyself! Demand-Driven Pattern-Oriented Program Enhancement​

  • Student: Eli Tilevich
  • Mentor: Godmar Back
  • Paper ISBN: ISBN:978-1-60558-044-9
  • University: Virginia Tech

Can URML model successfully Drools rules?​

  • Student: Emilian Pascalau
  • Mentor: Dr Adrian Giurca
  • Paper ISBN: 978-960-6843-02-0
  • University: Brandenburg University of Technology

Knowledge-based Desing Pattern for Detailed Steel Structural Design​

  • Student: Michael Zimmermann
  • Mentor: Prof. Dr. Robert Bronsart
  • Phd Thesis
  • work in progress
  • for a short summary, see
  • University: University of Rostock, Chair of Naval Architecture

Policy-driven middleware​

  • Student: Kris Verlaenen
  • Mentor: Prof. Dr. ir. W. Joosen
  • Phd dissertation: K. Verlaenen, Middleware for advanced service configuration: a policy-based approach. March 2008.
  • University: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Solving Patient Admission Scheduling problem with Drools Solver and Constraint Solver Library​

  • Student: Wim Van Croonenburg
  • Mentor: Peter Demeester
  • University: Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven Gent

Knowledge Representation in Services Oriented Architecture​

  • Student: Piotr Grobelny
  • University: University of Zielona Gora, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Telecommunications

Runtime Evolution for Online Gaming: A Case Study using JBoss and Drools​

  • Student: Lei Zhu
  • Mentor: Graham Morgan
  • University: University of Newcastle, School of Computing Science

Time to the Rescue - Supporting Temporal Reasoning in the Rete Algorithm for Complex Event Processing​

  • Authors: Karen Walzer, Matthias Groch1 and Tino Breddin
  • Paper ISBN: 978-3-540-85653-5

Combat SystemApplication of Change-Tolerant Technology: Using Rules Engine for Decision Automation​

  • Authors: Catherine L. Payne, Mark E. Schmid, Barbara A. Shapter, and Brian T. Taylor
  • Organisation: Naval Engineers

A Knowledge Authoring Tool for Clinical Decision Support​

  • Authors: Dustin Dunsmuir, Jeremy Daniels, Christopher Brouse, Simon Ford and J. Mark Ansermino
  • University: The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

JSON Rules​

  • Authors: A Giurca, E Pascalau, G Kaiserslautern
  • Organisation: 31st German Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Advances in Autonomic Components & Services​

  • Authors: Marco Aldinucci, Marco Danelutto, Giorgio Zoppi and Peter Kilpatrick
  • Paper ISBN: 978-0-387-09454-0 (Print) 978-0-387-09455-7 (Online)
  • Universities: Dept. Computer Science, University of Pisa, Pisa, IT; Dept. Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Integrating flaw-response modelling tools used for inspection qualification into a Multi-Agent System software platform​

  • Authors: J P McKenna, N McLean, A Gachagan1, S D J McArthur, G Hayward
  • University: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Mobile and Stationary Sensors for Local Surveillance: System Architecture and Applications​

  • Authors: Sandro Leuchter, Thomas Partmann and Lothar Berger
  • Paper ISBN: 978-3-540-89899-3
  • University: Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing

Behavioural Skeletons Meeting Services​

  • Authors: M. Danelutto and G. Zoppi
  • Paper ISBN: 978-3-540-69383-3
  • Universities: Dept. Computer Science, Univ. Pisa; CoreGRID Programming Model Institute,

An Intelligent Plot-Centric Interface for Mastering Computer Role-Playing Games​

  • Authors: Carlos León, Federico Peinado, Álvaro Navarro and Héctor Cortiguera
  • Paper ISBN: 978-3-540-89424-7
  • University: Departamento de Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Design and realization of rule-based workflow task assignment system​

  • Authors: Li, Chun-Fang | Tan, Qing-Ping | Xu, Jian-Jun | Xiao, Xiao-Li
  • Organisation: Jisuanji Gongcheng yu Sheji (Computer Engineering and Design). Vol. 29, no. 21, pp. 5572-5575. Nov. 2008

Arriclides: An architecture integrating clinical decision support models​

  • Student: Kris Verlaenen
  • Mentor: Prof. Dr. ir. W. Joosen
  • Published Paper: K. Verlaenen, W. Joosen, and P. Verbaeten. Arriclides: An architecture integrating clinical decision support models. In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 2007.
  • University: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Towards simplified policy specification and reasoning​

  • Student: Kris Verlaenen
  • Mentor: Prof. Dr. ir. W. Joosen
  • Published Paper: K. Verlaenen, B. De Win, and W. Joosen. Towards simplified specification of policies in different domains. In Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Integrated Network Management, May 2007.
  • Published Paper: K. Verlaenen, B. De Win, and W. Joosen. Policy analysis using a hybrid semantic reasoning engine. In Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks, June 2007.
  • University: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

On Interchange between JBoss Rules and Jess​

  • Student: Oana Nicolae
  • Mentor: Dr Adrian Giurca
  • Paper ISBN: 978-3-540-74929-5
  • University: Brandenburg University of Technology

Sharing rules between JBoss Rules and Jena​

  • Student: Oana Nicolae, Mircea Diaconescu,
  • Mentor: Dr. Adrian Giurca, Prof. Gerd Wagner
  • Paper ISBN: 0-7695-3078-8
  • University: Brandenburg University of Technology