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Drools 5.4.0.Beta2

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Drools Introduction 5.4.0.Beta2 31-JAN-2012 HTML Single HTML
Drools Expert 5.4.0.Beta2 31-JAN-2012 HTML Single HTML
Drools Fusion 5.4.0.Beta2 31-JAN-2012 HTML Single HTML
Drools and jBPM integration
5.4.0.Beta2 31-JAN-2012 HTML Single HTML
Drools Guvnor 5.4.0.Beta2 31-JAN-2012 HTML Single HTML
Drools Planner
5.4.0.Beta2 31-JAN-2012 HTML Single HTML
Javadoc Version Released  
Knowledge API (Drools, jBPM) 5.4.0.Beta2 31-JAN-2012 Javadoc
Drools Planner
5.4.0.Beta2 31-JAN-2012 Javadoc

Drools 5.4.0.Beta1

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Drools Introduction 5.4.0.Beta1 20-DEC-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Expert 5.4.0.Beta1 20-DEC-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Fusion 5.4.0.Beta1 20-DEC-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools and jBPM integration
5.4.0.Beta1 20-DEC-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Guvnor 5.4.0.Beta1 20-DEC-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Planner
5.4.0.Beta1 20-DEC-2011 HTML Single HTML
Javadoc Version Released  
Knowledge API (Drools, jBPM) 5.4.0.Beta1 20-DEC-2011 Javadoc
Drools Planner
5.4.0.Beta1 20-DEC-2011 Javadoc

Drools 5.3.0.Final

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Drools Introduction 5.3.0.Final 21-Oct-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Expert 5.3.0.Final 21-Oct-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Fusion 5.3.0.Final 21-Oct-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools and jBPM integration
5.3.0.Final 21-Oct-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Guvnor 5.3.0.Final 21-Oct-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Planner
5.3.0.Final 21-Oct-2011 HTML Single HTML


Drools 5.3.0.CR1

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Drools Introduction 5.3.0.CR1 25-Sep-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Expert 5.3.0.CR1 25-Sep-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Fusion 5.3.0.CR1 25-Sep-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools and jBPM integration
5.3.0.CR1 25-Sep-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Guvnor 5.3.0.CR1 25-Sep-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Planner
5.3.0.CR1 25-Sep-2011 HTML Single HTML

Drools 5.2.0.Final

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Drools Introduction 5.2.0.Final 23-Jun-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Expert 5.2.0.Final 23-Jun-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Fusion 5.2.0.Final 23-Jun-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools and jBPM integration
5.2.0.Final 23-Jun-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Guvnor 5.2.0.Final 23-Jun-2011 HTML Single HTML
Drools Planner
5.2.0.Final 23-Jun-2011 HTML Single HTML

Drools 5.1

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Drools Introduction 5.1 FINAL 02-Aug-2010 HTML Single HTML
Drools Expert 5.1 FINAL 02-Aug-2010 HTML Single HTML
Drools Fusion 5.1 FINAL 02-Aug-2010 HTML Single HTML
Drools Flow 5.1 FINAL 02-Aug-2010 HTML Single HTML
Drools Guvnor 5.1 FINAL 02-Aug-2010 HTML Single HTML
Drools Planner
5.1 FINAL 02-Aug-2010 HTML Single HTML
Drools Integration
5.1 FINAL 02-Aug-2010 HTML Single HTML
Javadocs 5.1 FINAL 02-Aug-2010 View Online  
Drools 5
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Drools Introduction 5.0 FINAL 19-May-2009 HTML Single HTML
Drools Expert 5.0 FINAL 19-May-2009 HTML Single HTML
Drools Fusion 5.0 FINAL 19-May-2009 HTML Single HTML
Drools Flow 5.0 FINAL 19-May-2009 HTML Single HTML
Drools Guvnor 5.0 FINAL 19-May-2009 HTML Single HTML
Drools Solver 5.0 FINAL 19-May-2009 HTML Single HTML
Javadocs 5.0 FINAL 19-May-2009 View Online  

 

Older documentation can be found in the documentation archive.

Drools Books

JBoss Drools Business Rules Drools JBoss Rules 5.0 Developer's Guide

Other books

Jess in Action: Java Rule-based Systems
Ernest Friedman-Hill
ISBN: 1930110898

Expert Systems: Principles and Programming
Joseph Giarratano, Gary D. Riley
ISBN: 0534384471

Introduction to Expert Systems
Peter Jackson
ISBN: 0201876868

Smart Enough Systems
James Taylour, Neil Raden
Print ISBN-10: 0-13-234796-2
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-13-234796-9

Business Rules and Information Systems: Aligning IT with Business Goals
Tony Morgan
ISBN: 0201743914

Principles of the Business Rule Approach
Ronald G. Ross
ISBN: 0201788934

Business Rules Applied
Von Halle
ISBN: 0471412937

Papers

Rete: A fast algorithm for the many pattern/many object pattern match problem
by Charles L. Forgy
Artificial Intelligence, Volume 19, Issue 1, September 1982, Pages 17-37

Production Matching for Large Learning Systems (Rete/UL)
by Robert B. Doorenbos
PhD thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, January 31, 1995

The LEAPS Algorithms
by Don Batory
Technical Report 94-28, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1994

Websites of interest

Java Rules community
Business Rules Community