Computing prioritised general arbitration rules for conflicting rules

摘要

Method and system are provided for computing prioritised general arbitration rules for conflicting rules. The method includes: i) given a set of prioritised rules, considering a case having an applicable rule; ii) generalising to a family of cases with conflicting rules of highest priority for the family cases; iii) generating an arbitration rule of higher priority; and iv) adding the arbitration rule to the set of prioritised rules. The method may repeat until all conflicts are resolved and may include: generating arbitration rules resolving conflicts among original rules in the set of prioritised rules; and resolving conflicts among arbitration rules by adding additional priority layers until all conflicts are resolved. The proposed invention relates to managing business rules used in automated decision making, for example decisions about acceptance or rejection of a loan request, amount of damages awarded in an insurance claim or about sales discounts.