Applying ruleset limiting criteria for affirming rule inputs and outputs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9104967-B2
Application number	US-94119007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2007
Priority date	Nov 16, 2007
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for processing abstract rules with limiting criteria. In one embodiment, limiting criteria may specify requirements for characteristics of sets of input or output values of processing abstract rules. For example, limiting criteria may specify requirements for statistical validity of a set of input values, such as a minimum record count. In one aspect, limiting criteria may include input criteria applied to input data prior to being processed in a rule engine. In another aspect, limiting criteria may include output criteria applied to an output of a rule engine. In the event that limiting criteria are not satisfied, the processing of the abstract rule may be terminated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving an abstract rule having (i) a conditional statement and (ii) a consequential statement defining a particular result returned by the abstract rule based on an evaluation of the conditional statement and input data supplied to the abstract rule;
receiving a set of query results comprising a plurality of data records, each including a set of input data to be supplied to the abstract rule;
prior to processi…

Assignees

• Dettinger Richard Dean
• Kulack Frederick Allyn
• Wenzel Shannon Everett
• IBM

Inventors

• Dettinger Richard Dean
• Kulack Frederick Allyn
• Wenzel Shannon Everett

Classifications

• G06N5/025 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic