Generating business rule model

US10185925B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Yue Bai · Beijing, CN
• Xu Chen · Beijing, CN
• Yan Huang · Beijing, CN
• Yun-Li Li · Tainan, TW
• Jian Liu · Huizhou, CN
• Ying Liu · Austin, US
• Ling Lu · Mill Creek, US
• Jian Qin · Jinan, CN
• Xi Ning Wang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06N5/025
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus and program product for generating a business rule model. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for generating a business rule model, comprising: extracting from source code of an application system a business flow executed by the source code, the business flow comprising a plurality of business procedures that are executed in an order; analyzing parts in the source code that are associated with various business procedures among the plurality of business procedures, building rule metadata describing business rules followed by various business procedures; and generating a business rule model followed by the business flow on the basis of the order and the rule metadata. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating a business rule model. Accordingly, a business rule model may be automatically generated from source code of an application system without manual manipulation.