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Leveraging the Power of IDP with the Flexibility of DMN: A Multifunctional API

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Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2021)

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Decision Model and Notation (DMN) models are user-friendly representations of decision logic. While the knowledge in the model could be used for multiple purposes, current DMN tools typically only support a single form of inference. We present DMN-IDPy, a novel Python API that links DMN as a notation to the IDP system, a powerful reasoning tool, allowing the knowledge in DMN models to be used to its fullest potential. The flexibility of this approach allows us to build intelligent tools based on DMN unlike any other execution engine.

This research received funding from the Flemish Government under the “Onderzoeksprogramma Artificiële Intelligentie (AI) Vlaanderen” programme.

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    https://pypi.org/project/idp-engine/.

  2. 2.

    https://pypi.org/project/cdmn/.

  3. 3.

    https://cdmn.readthedocs.io/en/latest/DMN_guide.html.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven, De Nayer Campus, J.-P- De Nayerlaan 5, 2860, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium

    Simon Vandevelde & Joost Vennekens

  2. Leuven Institute for Research on Information Systems (LIRIS), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Vedavyas Etikala & Jan Vanthienen

  3. Leuven.AI - KU Leuven Institute for AI, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Simon Vandevelde, Vedavyas Etikala, Jan Vanthienen & Joost Vennekens

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  1. University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

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  2. University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

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  3. KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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  4. OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

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Vandevelde, S., Etikala, V., Vanthienen, J., Vennekens, J. (2021). Leveraging the Power of IDP with the Flexibility of DMN: A Multifunctional API. In: Moschoyiannis, S., Peñaloza, R., Vanthienen, J., Soylu, A., Roman, D. (eds) Rules and Reasoning. RuleML+RR 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12851. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91167-6_17

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