Design of Active Rule Applications: Issues and Approaches

Generally, there is a large number of rules and data in information systems, and both change frequently in response to business changes. In this context, Active Database Systems (ADBSs) represent a powerful mean to implement an appropriate environment ...

Active database systems integrate event-based rule processing with traditional database functionality. The model most widely used to represent event-based rules is the Event- Condition-Action rule (ECA rule) model. However, the relationships among rules ...

This paper describes the implementation of the Refined Triggering Graph (RTG) method for active rule termination analysis and provides an evaluation of the approach based on the application of the method to a sample active application. The RTG method has ...