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Conflict detection in rule sets

  • US 20060010439A1
  • Filed: 10/24/2003
  • Published: 01/12/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of identifying conflicts in a set of system operating rules, comprising the steps of:

  • a) storing rule data representing a set of one or more system operating rules, each rule comprising at least one system command;

    b) receiving semantic data representing a graph structure of hierarchical semantic relationships between available system commands, including those in the set of system operating rules;

    c) expanding the system operating rules according to the allowable hierarchical semantic relationships between the available system command portions, to give, for any particular system operating rule, an additional system operating rule for each hierarchical semantic level in the graph structure below the system command present in the particular rule; and

    d) comparing the expanded system rules to identify those rules for which a semantic conflict occurs therebetween.

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