Simulation-Driven Approach for Business Rules Discovery

Abstract : Business rules are everywhere. Some of these rules are implicit and thus poorly enforced, others are written but not enforced, and still others are perhaps poorly written and obscurely enforced [1]. In this work, we propose an interactive, simulation-driven approach for the discovery of business rules. The rules are rst speci ed in a natural language, then translated to the Alloy speci cation language. The Alloy Analyzer tool is used as a platform for rule simulation and discovery: it provides a domain specialist with an instant feedback, helping her to detect the issues with the existing business rules and to discover new rules in a systematic way.