Hi Mark, A few questions:- (A) What does "parallel evaluation of a rulebase" mean? Is it designed to optimise, for example, two threads processing a stateless and stateful session?

(B) Are there only two partitions, both of which are invisible to the user? Is there any value in allowing user-defined partitions?

(C) Does the partition used depend upon what type of session is used (i.e. stateless always uses the partition without an agenda whereas stateful always uses the partition with an agenda)?

(D) Can a rule sometimes be deterministic and sometimes not (i.e. depends upon the type of session)?

Cheers, Mike -----Original Message----- From: rules-users-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Mark Proctor Sent: 01 August 2008 07:05 To: Rules Users List Subject: [rules-users] determinism with rulebase partitioning We have rulebase partitioning almost working, this allows parallel evaluation of a rulebase. For stateless lessions with no agenda this will allow for much faster executions, where you don't care about deterministic execution. However for deterministic execution its more complicated. The current plan is to have an agenda per parition, which means that we no longer have rulebase wide deterministic execution order, only with the partition itself. The user is unlikely to be aware of the created partitions, so won't be aware of the unditermistic behavour of their rulebase. Anyone have any input on mechanisms users can do to help the rulebase know what needs to be executed deterministically and what doesn't? Mark _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users