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Business Rules derive inferences
and arrive at conclusions by reasoning about facts or premises
using either deduction or induction.
An if-then statement in a declarative
rule-based programming language is a business rule. Business
rules are designed to solve complex problems that require
thinking and knowledge in order to make intelligent decisions.
Business rules can explain their reasoning process in order to
justify their conclusions, decisions, and recommendations.
Business rules are commonly used to create Intelligent Systems
that reason and apply knowledge.
An if-then statement in a procedural
programming language is not a business rule. It is simply a type
of conditional statement designed to either control program
branching or to conditionally execute sections of program code.
If-then statements are commonly used in conventional programs
that process data and manage information.
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