Driving an interactive decision service from a forward-chaining rule engine
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1. A method, comprising;
- generating a plurality of questions for an interactive decision service, each question based upon one or more conditions of a plurality of conditions, wherein the plurality of conditions are associated with a plurality of business rules;
identifying, as a side effect of evaluating, by a forward changing rule engine, the plurality of business rules for missing information corresponding to the plurality of questions, wherein the missing information has not been previously requested from a user; and
selecting, for presentation to the user, a first question of the plurality of questions to elicit the missing information from the user.
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Disclosed techniques include generating a plurality of questions, each question based upon one or more conditions of a plurality of conditions, wherein the plurality of conditions are generated a plurality of business rules associated with a forward changing rule engine; identifying, as a side effect of evaluating the plurality of business rules for outcome data, missing information corresponding to the plurality of questions; and selecting, for presentation to a user, a first question of the plurality of questions to elicit the missing information from the user.
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1. A method, comprising;
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generating a plurality of questions for an interactive decision service, each question based upon one or more conditions of a plurality of conditions, wherein the plurality of conditions are associated with a plurality of business rules; identifying, as a side effect of evaluating, by a forward changing rule engine, the plurality of business rules for missing information corresponding to the plurality of questions, wherein the missing information has not been previously requested from a user; and selecting, for presentation to the user, a first question of the plurality of questions to elicit the missing information from the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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