Dear Colleagues,

I would like to point you to the latest release from IGI Global about "Emerging
Rule-Based Languages and Technologies".
It also contains a chapter about open event processing based reaction rule
languages.

Cheers, Adrian


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* Handbook of Research on Emerging Rule-Based Languages and Technologies: Open
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* ISBN: 978-1-60566-402-6; 862 pp; May 2009
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* Published under Information Science Reference an imprint of IGI
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* http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=34422
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Editors:
Adrian Giurca, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, Germany;
Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada;
Kuldar Taveter, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.


DESCRIPTION

Selecting an appropriate rules-based engine requires balancing many different,
and often, not well-understood properties such as business rules representation
methods,
rule history and life cycle management, and interoperability with external data
sources.

The Handbook of Research on Emerging Rule-Based Languages and Technologies:
Open Solutions and Approaches provides a comprehensive collection of
state-of-the-art
advancements in rule languages, containing methodologies for building rule-based
applications,
rule interoperability and interchange, and rule-based applications. Developers
of rule-based
languages and technologies as well as users of these applications will find this
Handbook of Research to be a significant resource within the field.


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"This handbook aims to provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art of rule
languages, methodologies
for modeling, designing, and implementing rules, rule
interoperability/interchange,
and rule-based applications.

..In addition, the book fills a gap in the literature by relating the rule
applications
to Model Driven Architecture and ontology development on the Semantic Web. It
gives an overview
of the major issues researchers, developers, and users of rule-based systems may
face while
researching, developing, and using rule-based systems."

- The Editors

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TOPICS COVERED

Code generation patterns
Development of ontology-driven applications
Development of rule systems
Geospatial ontologies
Graphical notations for rules
Higher-level agent architectures
Languages and tools for rule modeling
Mining association rules
Modular rule-based programming
Semantic Web rule languages
Service-centric systems
Rule-based applications for the Web


For more information about the Handbook of Research on Emerging Rule-Based
Languages
and Technologies: Open Solutions and Approaches, you can view the title
information sheet at
http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/34422.pdf.

To view the Table of Contents and a complete list of contributors online go to
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34422&v=tableOfContents.

You can also view the first chapter of the publication at
http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/excerpts/34422.pdf.

To view the full contents of this publication, check for the
Handbook of Research on Emerging Rule-Based Languages and Technologies:
Open Solutions and Approaches in your institution's library.