Exploration of the Decision Model and Notation (DMN) Standard for Representation of Knowledge Bases Encoded in the Arden Syntax.

Abstract

Arden Syntax encodes knowledge as Medical Logic Modules (MLMs). Current work involves improvement of its representation of business processes. Assess how DMN can represent decision-making in MLMs. A sample of 340 MLMs was tabulated for DMN representation. While DMN can represent all MLMs at the decision requirements level, some are not supported at the decision logic level. DMN facilitates representation of business processes but would not address all decision logic.