Prologa is a tool environment that allows to model business knowledge,
business rules, complex procedures, analysis specifications, ... in the
form of decision tables. The emphasis is on support for the construction
of decision tables (common manipulations, verification & validation, drawing, checking, modeling,
...).
Major features:
(click screen to enlarge)
- visual modeling
- all table manipulations
- table structures
- full verification
- code generation
- component-based
- user friendly
- Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
See: An illustration of verification and validation in the modelling phase of KBS development
Vanthienen J, Mues C, Aerts A, 1998, Data & knowledge engineering, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 337 - 352.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-023X(98)80003-7 or refsdtpubs\DKE98-VandV.pdf (see here for more)
Download:
Free
Evaluation Version, ask
password
(provide full name and address)
-
Prologa
5.5 for Windows & Access 2000-2007 (Winzip, 5 Mb, expires July 31, 2010)
(or ask 7-Zip version)
- with enhanced display options, RuleML export, Weka data
mining import, ...
- Prologa
5.2 for Windows & Access 97 (ask)
RuleML 2008 Challenge
-
Script and example table
European Business Rules Conference
- Participants can download the EU-Cart Rent
Discount decision tables here: Eu-rent.zip (all
in 1 table),
EU-rent separate.zip (project with
4 tables). Open the .prj file in Prologa.
Presentations & manual
- Download the
manual (PDF), (1.5 Mb)
-
Business Rules and Decision Tables (PDF, 0.3 Mb)
- An
overview of decision table literature (1982-2000) (PDF, 0.5 Mb): 970
papers annotated
- Decision tables and
Prologa (PowerPoint presentation, 2.4 Mb)
- Prologa Features
(PowerPoint presentation, 1 Mb)
- Prologa Movie
(Zipped EXE File, 0.7 Mb)
Some
often requested publications (see
here for more):
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Vanthienen, J., Wets, G. (1995), Integration of the decision table formalism with a relational database environment, Information Systems, vol. 20, no. 7 (Nov.), pp. 595 - 616.
refsdtpubs\DT&RelDB_InformationSystems.pdf -
An illustration of verification and validation in the modelling phase of KBS development
Vanthienen J, Mues C, Aerts A, 1998, Data & knowledge engineering, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 337 - 352.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-023X(98)80003-7
refsdtpubs\DKE98-VandV.pdf -
On the decomposition of tabular knowledge systems
Vanthienen J, Wijsen J, 1996, DTEW Research Report 9604, 11 pp. -
Knowledge factoring using normalization theory
Vanthienen J, Snoeck M, 1993, International Symposium on the Management of Industrial and Corporate Knowledge (ISMICK), pp. 97 – 106, DTEW Research Report 9306, 20 pp.
refsdtpubs\NORM4WIN.pdf -
Illustration of a decision table tool for specifying and implementing knowledge based systems
Vanthienen J, Dries E, 1993, Fifth International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (TAI), pp. 198 - 205.
http://econweb.econ.kuleuven.ac.be/tew/academic/infosys/members/VTHIENEN/pub/tai93/tai93.doc
Research:
- Prologa
Web Service and ActiveX Component (Status: experimental):
Edit and consult a decision
table on the Web
Research team:
Prof. Dr. J. Vanthienen, Prof. Dr. M. Verhelst,
Ch. Mues,
S. Goedertier
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